Articles for Mary-Anne Gontsana
Toilet topples over, trapping woman inside
A concrete public toilet in a Cape Town informal settlement fell over while a resident was using it
Brief | 27 September 2018
Residents of Marikana informal settlement left in the dark
A year after High Court ordered City of Cape Town to buy the land but the matter is still in court
Brief | 21 September 2018
Puppets bring the dangers of drugs to life
Ukwanda Puppet Collective on school tour
Feature | 31 August 2018
Lighting for Marikana at last
Shack dwellers welcome switch-on of first high-mast light
News | 22 August 2018
Workers commemorate Marikana in Cape Town and Johannesburg
Ex-miners say they are owed benefits
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Zoë Postman
News | 17 August 2018
Bureaucracy leaves Khayelitsha toilets uncleaned since last year
Because janitors don’t have inoculations residents live with shit
News | 6 August 2018
If commuters thought Metrorail couldn’t get worse, it did this week
Cape Town’s central line is operating with eight train sets. It needs 33.
By Tariro Washinyira and Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 27 July 2018
#UniteBehind accuses Epping company of buying copper stolen from railways
SA Metal says its staff are trained to identify stolen material and to alert management immediately
Brief | 26 July 2018
Cape Town’s neglected council flats
City says it will spend R147 million on upgrades to the rental units it owns
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Thembela Ntongana
Feature | 24 July 2018