Articles for Mary-Anne Gontsana
Fed up with promises of housing: Langa residents march to Cape Town Civic Centre
Some of the protesters still live in apartheid era hostels
Brief | 28 March 2025
Accused in police torture case considers plea deal
Three police officers are charged with torturing a barber in Cape Town in November 2023
Brief | 27 March 2025
Eskom suspends services in part of Khayelitsha after hijacking
Employees were robbed at gunpoint in Makhaza
Brief | 18 March 2025
SASSA battling to find a permanent office in Khayelitsha
Agency plans to improve rented office space
Brief | 13 March 2025
Philippi families demand electricity
But in order for electricity infrastructure to be installed, the City of Cape Town says, some families must move
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Sandiso Phaliso
News | 27 February 2025
Gugulethu housing project delayed by extortion rackets
Over 570 houses “on hold” in Cape Town
News | 20 February 2025
Gugulethu’s filthy rat-infested canal
City says the road maintenance team only cleans the canal for stormwater purposes not to address illegal dumping
Brief | 13 February 2025
No end to long queues at SASSA Khayelitsha
Grant recipients and applicants must sleep over or arrive in the early hours if they hope to get served
Brief | 5 February 2025
Over a hundred disabled and elderly people queue outside SASSA in Khayelitsha
Monday was the first day for disability grant applicants to make medical bookings
News | 21 January 2025