Articles for Mary-Anne Gontsana
“Mr Plato, we live in complete squalor”
Residents of Cape Town’s informal settlements march for the right to water and sanitation
News | 22 November 2018
No services - but it’s better than a backyard, say shack dwellers
“It was a constant struggle to pay rent”
News | 22 November 2018
Woman breaks leg while trying to use communal toilet
“I was in so much pain”, says Khayelitsha woman
Brief | 13 November 2018
Evicted Blikkiesdorp families refuse to return
All but one of the families evicted have found other accommodation
Brief | 9 November 2018
Shack dwellers evicted from Langa for N2 Gateway project
Joe Slovo residents watch as their shacks are demolished
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Sophia Wilhelm
News | 7 November 2018
New Rail Enforcement Unit officers will be armed
All three levels of government co-operate in latest effort to protect Cape Town’s train commuters
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Phathiswa Shushwana
Brief | 29 October 2018
Families who fled Blikkiesdorp ask City for help
A resident claims that crime, not race, is at the root of the conflict
News | 16 October 2018
Residents expelled from Blikkiesdorp amidst racial tensions
Over 20 people have sought shelter in the Methodist Church in central Cape Town
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Ashraf Hendricks
Photo Essay | 11 October 2018
Train activists launch campaign to extend monthly tickets
47 carriages have been lost to fire so far in 2018 according to Metrorail manager
News | 5 October 2018