Articles for Mary-Anne Gontsana
92 cases struck from court roll in three months due to police inefficiency
“Dockets are disappearing in different police stations. Cases are just disappearing off the roll”
News | 22 October 2020
Madikizela: Taxis transport 23% more passengers since the collapse of Cape Town’s rail system
“The biggest challenge is to overcome taxi violence”
News | 16 October 2020
Desmond Tutu Health Foundation driver ‘held to ransom’ by taxi operators
Taxi operators could be deregistered or have their licences revoked should they be found guilty, says provincial transport department
News | 14 October 2020
Backlog of over 19,000 disability grant applications since lockdown
SASSA says it will prioritise cases through appointments
Brief | 2 October 2020
Activists threaten to take over unused land and farms
Call for state to form compact with civil society to drive land reform
News | 28 September 2020
Cape Town councillors and activists trade accusations over land occupations
20,000 shacks have been built since January but City says it only has money to build 2,000 houses
News | 16 September 2020
We are living in liquid shit, say eThembeni families
City of Cape Town says it’s not possible to drain away dirty water after sewage pipe burst
News | 16 September 2020
Covid-19: Patients complain of long clinic queues but officials are trying to fix this
“No patient has been turned away”
By Buziwe Nocuze and Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 27 August 2020
Eight-year-old Clarence Solomons died over a housing dispute he had nothing to do with
Councillor and resident give contradictory accounts of what led to demolition of home that led to fatal protest
News | 25 August 2020