Articles for Mary-Anne Gontsana
Parkwood families await repairs to fire-ravaged council flats
Two council units in Parkwood burnt down in May and June. Residents were given containers to live in
News | 10 July 2018
Cape Town residents wait days for ambulance
Stark divide between Bonnytoun’s coloured and black residents, but all await houses
Feature | 6 July 2018
Occupiers take over Old Mutual property
Company says the flats and surrounding land were earmarked for a low-cost housing project
News | 22 June 2018
Community confused why they don’t have electricity while their neighbours do
In the meanwhile, residents of RR Section in Khayelitsha use illegal connections
News | 21 June 2018
We can’t house everyone, says Bonginkosi Madikizela
Housing backlog exceeds 575,000, but only 18,000 houses can be completed annually
Brief | 15 June 2018
Gugulethu man blames City contractors for his crooked house
Mzwandile Mvumvu believes his house collapsed after work was done on sewage pipes outside
News | 7 June 2018
Marikana settlement still waiting for floodlights
Residents say police find it too dark to patrol
Brief | 25 May 2018
Minister attempts to reassure Parkwood backyarders
“So what do we do now? Do we take down the structures that are already up? If we do, where will we go?” asks land occupier
News | 23 May 2018
Land occupiers in Parkwood say they’ve waited 16 years
MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela to meet backyard dwellers on Tuesday
Brief | 21 May 2018