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Mary-Anne Gontsana

‘Simply unacceptable’ — tens of thousands left in the lurch with UIF online system still down after six weeks

South Africa

‘Simply unacceptable’ — tens of thousands left in the lurch with UIF online system still down after six weeks

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

Life still a struggle for residents of Cape Town’s hidden informal settlement with a difference

South Africa

Life still a struggle for residents of Cape Town’s hidden informal settlement with a difference

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

Five months after police van drove into woman, breaking her pelvis, SAPS probe is still incomplete

South Africa

Five months after police van drove into woman, breaking her pelvis, SAPS probe is still incomplete

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

Vandals, escalating gang violence see Cape Town sports field transformed into battleground

South Africa

Vandals, escalating gang violence see Cape Town sports field transformed into battleground

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

Mowbray police assault — SAPS and Ipid tight-lipped three months after vicious assault

Maverick Citizen

Mowbray police assault — SAPS and Ipid tight-lipped three months after vicious assault

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

Bheki Cele responds to video evidence of police assault during barber shop raid

South Africa

Bheki Cele responds to video evidence of police assault during barber shop raid

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

Food for Life SA forced to cut back meal provision as soup kitchen funding dries up

South Africa

Food for Life SA forced to cut back meal provision as soup kitchen funding dries up

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

66,000 Limpopo school children still forced to use pit latrines

South Africa

66,000 Limpopo school children still forced to use pit latrines

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

Khayelitsha's Makhaza community to finally get police station after two-decade wait — but it’s only temporary

Maverick Citizen

Khayelitsha's Makhaza community to finally get police station after two-decade wait — but it’s only temporary

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

Mural of murdered Phelokazi Mqathanya unveiled in Khayelitsha by emotional family and friends

Maverick Citizen

Mural of murdered Phelokazi Mqathanya unveiled in Khayelitsha by emotional family and friends

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

Social Justice Coalition battling to stay afloat amid investigation into former staff member's fraud

South Africa

Social Justice Coalition battling to stay afloat amid investigation into former staff member's fraud

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

Abandoned hostel residents sink further into squalor as City of Cape Town quibbles over Problem Building Bylaw

Maverick Citizen

Abandoned hostel residents sink further into squalor as City of Cape Town quibbles over Problem Building Bylaw

By Mary-Anne Gontsana