Articles for Mary-Anne Gontsana
Taste of my heritage
NdinguMambhathane, uTshaya, uMxesibe, uMgxubane, Khandanyawana, uMam’Khuma, Nxele, Bhaca, isizukulwana sika Ntswayibana noBhakaqana.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
Opinion | 23 September 2013
“I don’t see myself living anywhere but Manenberg”
Roegchanda Pascoe and her younger brother have watched through the window of their home as rival gangs fought with each other day in and day out. But Pascoe says she doesn’t see herself living anywhere but Manenberg.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 18 September 2013
TAC protests against shortages of life-saving drugs
“We demand accountable leadership”, “Failure to resolve stock-outs = human rights violation”, “Limpopo Department of Health – Failed promises” read placards at the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) march in solidarity with provinces that continue to be plagued by finding essential medicines are out of stock.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 16 September 2013
Help kickstart Khayelitsha baker’s bicycle dream
An obsession with spinach makes a good baker -- that at least applies to 25-year-old Lufefe Nomjana.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 11 September 2013
Civil society organisations visit gang stricken Manenberg
Members of various civil society organisations led a solidarity visit to gang stricken Manenberg to monitor the situation and to lend a helping hand to the community.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 11 September 2013
Old container to be re-opened as Gugulethu library
An old container once used as a library could be brought back to life in Gugulethu. 100 books have already been donated.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 10 September 2013
What to do with expired medicines
Most households have cupboards of expired pills and medicines and sometimes even use them. But what are the dangers?
Mary-Anne Gontsana
Brief | 3 September 2013
GroundUp journalist harassed at Home Affairs
A GroundUp journalist was left shaken after she was harassed by security guards at the refugee reception centre in Cape Town while reporting a story.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 2 September 2013
No tap and one toilet
A fed-up Khayelitsha resident is anxious to know why the City of Cape Town is not making any provision for water and sanitation on her street.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 28 August 2013