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

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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

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Brief | 21 September 2018

Puppets bring the dangers of drugs to life

Ukwanda Puppet Collective on school tour

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Feature | 31 August 2018

Lighting for Marikana at last

Shack dwellers welcome switch-on of first high-mast light

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News | 22 August 2018

Workers commemorate Marikana in Cape Town and Johannesburg

Ex-miners say they are owed benefits

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News | 17 August 2018

Bureaucracy leaves Khayelitsha toilets uncleaned since last year

Because janitors don’t have inoculations residents live with shit

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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.

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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

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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

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Feature | 24 July 2018

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

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News | 10 July 2018

Cape Town residents wait days for ambulance

Stark divide between Bonnytoun’s coloured and black residents, but all await houses

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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

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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

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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

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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

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News | 7 June 2018

Marikana settlement still waiting for floodlights

Residents say police find it too dark to patrol

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Brief | 25 May 2018