Articles for Mary-Anne Gontsana

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Cape Town trauma centre overwhelmed by case load

At times “the queues look like a SASSA line”

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News | 15 June 2021

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Covid-19: What it’s like being a nurse during a pandemic

“We kept getting patients who were already dead”

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Video | 2 June 2021

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Government working to fix “teething issues” at vaccine sites

Western Cape given 33,900 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to kick start phase 2 this week

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News | 19 May 2021

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Dozens march in Gugulethu demanding justice for woman murdered by her boyfriend

The accused is set to appear in the Athlone Magistrates Court on Friday

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Brief | 13 May 2021

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Early childhood development centres protest over “virtually non-existent roll out” of relief fund

Social Development says it cannot disburse funds without the necessary verifications

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News | 13 May 2021

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Covid-19 land occupiers demand water, toilets and electricity

The group vows to intensify its protest action if the Premier does not respond

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News | 11 May 2021

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Cape Town firefighters fear they will be fired

City says it is trying to resolve the matter and has made no such decision

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News | 30 April 2021

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Cape Town township gets a pop-up cinema

25-year-old Buhle Sithela is bringing movies to children in Harare, Khayelitsha

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Video | 29 April 2021

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“When we arrived there, the fire was going crazy”

Firefighter Nathan Phillips is one of 714 employed by the City of Cape Town

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News | 26 April 2021

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School children love this library

Lungile Moferi’s tuk-tuk doubles as a mobile library

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Brief | 23 April 2021

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Khayelitsha residents want to know exactly when they will get the police station they were promised

Land for the Makhaza police station was identified already in 2004

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News | 16 April 2021

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From sounds to hounds: How an opera singer started a dog-washing business in Khayelitsha

Masakhane Sotayisi doesn’t just clean your dog: he moisturises it too!

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Video | 23 March 2021

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Shack dweller Nikiwe Sipenuka has no feet and no hands. She has been waiting for a house for years

Unclear why provincial government has not prioritised her house

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News | 17 March 2021

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The Justice department has upgraded the Khayelitsha sexual offences court. But Rape Crisis say it’s not enough

Activists picketed outside the department’s regional office in Cape Town on Monday to demand better upgrades

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News | 8 March 2021

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SASSA vows to meet its disability grant deadline

Virtual medical assessments will speed up the process, Western Cape legislature told

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News | 4 March 2021

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Deadline extended for early childhood development centres’ fund

ECD centres now have until 26 February to apply for relief funds

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Brief | 22 February 2021