Articles for Mary-Anne Gontsana

Police system unintentionally discriminates, argues civil society lawyer

Advocate for Social Justice Coalition defends expert witness

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News | 16 February 2018

No water, no business, say Khayelitsha businesses

SJC conducts water audit in informal settlements

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News | 13 February 2018

Drought: the silence of the city councillors

Only seven out of 20 replied to our questions on the water crisis

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News | 9 February 2018

We’ve quelled gang violence in Cape Town, claims Mbalula

But residents disagree with police minister

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News | 8 February 2018

Unions fed-up with new minimum wage for farm workers

Daily minimum up R7 from R138 to R146

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News | 30 January 2018

Police unit probes shooting of Hout Bay teenager

Ona Dubula was shot in the mouth during a protest in September

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Brief | 19 January 2018

Seven years on, Zuma’s promise of free sanitary pads has not been kept

But the Department of Women has a plan

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News | 18 January 2018

Barberton prisoners go on hunger strike

Sparked by backlog in parole applications

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News | 12 January 2018

Marikana shooting claims two lives

Gunmen open fire in tavern

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Brief | 8 January 2018

Bottled water and the drought

We asked some major suppliers about pricing, storage, and recycling

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News | 15 December 2017

Police say crime, not its policies, affect the poor

Judge quotes constitution to police: it’s their duty to prevent, combat and investigate crime

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Law | 1 December 2017

Policing system discriminates against black women, court told

Police claim to favour poor communities, but judge says results paint a different picture

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Law | 30 November 2017

Court hears black communities get inferior police services

Civil society organisations want a declaration that the allocation of officers in the Western Cape is discriminatory

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Law | 29 November 2017

Epileptic man left on floor for hours in hospital

“I found Luyanda lying stomach down on the cold floor in a puddle of his own urine.”

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News | 24 November 2017

No progress reblocking Imizamo Yethu since devastating fire

Divided community and City cannot reach agreement

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News | 23 November 2017