Articles for Mary-Anne Gontsana

Matrics, commuters hit by Cape Town taxi strike

Taxi council wants the Blue Dot incentive programme to continue in the Western Cape

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik, Daniel Steyn, Vusi Mokoena, Sisipho Bakana, Tariro Washinyira, Mary-Anne Gontsana, Peter Luhanga

News | 21 November 2022

Liquor traders demand more licenses but watchdog warns of harm

Protesters demanded that unlicensed liquor traders be licensed

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News | 17 November 2022

Cape Town mother has to beg for money to buy nappies for her disabled son

15-year-old Donnel, who has hydrocephalus, wants to go to school

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News | 15 November 2022

Lavender Hill pool player gives it stick

Shaiyene Fritz says her passion for pool started when she was nine years old

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News | 4 November 2022

“Bring back the money”: picketers shout at suspended SJC activist outside court

Xolani Klaas is accused of using SJC funds to buy personal items like furniture and a laptop

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Brief | 27 October 2022

Khayelitsha lesbian murder trial set for January

The case has been postponed at least 11 times since May 2022

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Brief | 26 October 2022

Delft households without electricity for weeks at a time

Families blame illegal connections from nearby settlement

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Brief | 20 October 2022

Flying a kite for mental health in Manenberg

Hundreds of children, parents and caregivers enjoyed Wednesday’s event

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News | 20 October 2022

Families living in community hall since 2018 face eviction

The group of former backyard dwellers have been occupying Gugulethu’s Luyolo hall for four years

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News | 13 October 2022

Khayelitsha lesbian murder trial set to start next week, after tenth postponement

“I understand the reason for the postponement, but this country’s legal system is bad” says sister of murder-victim Phelokazi Mqathanya

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Brief | 6 October 2022

Young Khayelitsha poet publishes his first book

Momelezi Kanyiwe says writing has brought him healing

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News | 29 September 2022

TAC slams Mbeki over his views on HIV

Former president repeated misconceptions about the disease when he addressed UNISA

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News | 28 September 2022

Vrygrond will have to wait more than five years for a police station

The land on which a station was to be built is occupied by a crèche

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Brief | 23 September 2022

Khayelitsha’s all-girl soccer club pitch is flooded with sewage and rubbish

Mayco members give contradictory reasons for what’s happening

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Brief | 13 September 2022

Government documents outline new social grant plans

Institute for Economic Justice slams proposal to change Social Relief of Distress grant

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Brief | 7 September 2022

Protesters slam ninth postponement in murder case

“The investigating officer messed up and the state needs to take accountability” says Funeka Soldaat

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News | 5 September 2022