Articles for Thembela Ntongana

Masiphumelele mother’s struggle to find school for deaf son

Her story highlights the problems faced by children with disabilities and their parents 

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News | 3 November 2016

Stabbed on his way to the toilet, Khayelitsha man is now in a wheelchair

Sinethemba Mfaca spends his days trapped in his one-roomed shack

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News | 1 November 2016

Wheelchair dependent man’s house fixed at last

"I can use the toilet without any help"

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Brief | 28 October 2016

Hout Bay’s patrollers accused of being vigilantes who target innocent people

Resident recalls how he was left naked and almost dead

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News | 24 October 2016

Public transport is a nightmare for the disabled

“People treat us as if we chose to be in these wheelchairs”

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News | 14 October 2016

Checkers worker would take 290 years to earn what her boss was paid in a month

Chief executive Whitey Basson was paid nearly R100 million

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News | 4 October 2016

Students close down most of UWC and CPUT

“Our fight is not just for free education”

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News | 3 October 2016

Masiphumelele hearing postponed again

Lawyers step down because of lack of funds

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Brief | 27 September 2016

Getting a shoe in with business

Asinazo Mzimeli has started a shoe-making business in her shack in Philippi

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News | 23 September 2016

Charges dropped against 27 in Masiphumelele public violence case

State failed to produce the docket in court

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Brief | 22 September 2016

Rail commuters stranded after Langa protests

Metrorail says sheer volume means it cannot provide alternative transport

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News | 21 September 2016

Masiphumelele holds vigil for murdered 14-year-old

Amani Pula had dreams of becoming a soccer player

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Brief | 15 September 2016

Ambulance workers demand safety

Emergency medical service personnel need police escorts before responding to calls

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News | 14 September 2016

Building for a better world: Khayelitsha’s new activist centre

Isivivana built to house organisations campaigning for social justice

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News | 9 September 2016

Hout Bay man is living with a rubber bullet in his head

Delon Egypt is one of 14 suing police for damages

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News | 6 September 2016

City says relocation is ideal solution for Jim se Bos

Residents unlikely to see major improvements to their neighbourhood on the edge of Cape Town

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News | 16 August 2016