Articles for Mary-Anne Gontsana

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

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News | 23 May 2018

Land occupiers in Parkwood say they’ve waited 16 years

MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela to meet backyard dwellers on Tuesday

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Brief | 21 May 2018

Shelters for abused women battle to find funds

State provides 40% of money. Shelters need to raise the rest from other sources.

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Feature | 17 May 2018

New settlement to be named after Gugulethu Seven

Backyarders make yet another attempt to occupy empty land in Gugs

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News | 8 May 2018

Mother wants to know who killed her child in police shoot-out

Two years after a fatal shooting in which seven high school students were also injured, families and victims have been told nothing

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News | 8 May 2018

Cape Flats residents criticise poor service at clinics

Long waiting times, rude nursing staff, and patient folders go missing, say residents

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News | 3 May 2018

Khayelitsha hospital under the spotlight

Patients’ complaints prompt TAC meeting

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News | 30 April 2018

City halted housing project because of violence

“No more fight left” says 62-year-old woman after waiting 28 years for a house

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News | 17 April 2018

Khayelitsha woman won’t be put off teaching

Fed up with the public school system, Neliswa Dludla set up the Early Birds Lifestyle Academy

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News | 5 April 2018

No need for a camera: Nyanga artist uses a ballpoint pen just as well

Themba Mkhangeli achieves photographic realism with only a BIC pen

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News | 27 March 2018

Bereaved father starts drive to fix Limpopo schools

“I don’t want my son to be forgotten. I want his name and memory to live on.”

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News | 20 March 2018

Education department argues it’s not responsible for shoddy schools

Judgment reserved in case on norms and standards in Bhisho High Court

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Law | 16 March 2018

Equal Education in court against Motshekga over broken schools

Education department says it is dependent on other parts of government to fix schools

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News | 15 March 2018

City removes people occupying Gugulethu land

Eviction takes place despite upcoming meeting between mayor and occupiers

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Brief | 6 March 2018

Car wash jobs threatened by water restrictions

Informal operators say it’s their only form of employment

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News | 6 March 2018

“I will not fight with the people” says Gugs landowner following occupations

“Many times we have been told that land is identified for us, but then other people get put on the land” says occupier

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Brief | 22 February 2018