Articles for Mary-Anne Gontsana
Cop on trial for torture made colonel and promoted to station commander
Delmore Manuel and two others are accused of torturing a barber at his workplace in Mowbray in 2023. Now he runs Muizenberg SAPS
News | 9 October 2026
Gugulethu backyarders fed up waiting for promised houses
Despite funding being secured and a contractor appointed, the housing project has stalled
News | 22 September 2026
Police torture case postponed for 11th time
Trial set for May 2027, three and a half years after Mowbray barber was assaulted by SAPS
Brief | 21 September 2026
Elections 2026: N1 town’s decade of decay
Beaufort West municipality says it does not have enough money to fix its ageing infrastructure. But the problem is self-inflicted
Text by Mary-Anne Gontsana. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Feature | 16 September 2026
Hundreds walk in silence for deaf awareness
People who can hear wore earplugs for the 5km route
Brief | 7 September 2026
Observatory occupiers “at the mercy of the City and Gugulethu residents”
The high court has ordered Singabalapha residents to leave by 30 November
News | 3 September 2026
Families’ 8-year battle for housing is over
The group living in a community hall in Cape Town have been resettled
Brief | 5 August 2026
Western Cape police do not have enough rape evidence kits, MP warns
Despite new stock reaching Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences units, politicians say it is a fraction of what is needed
News | 31 July 2026
Gugulethu residents refuse to share land with Observatory occupiers
Families from Masonwabe reject City of Cape Town plan; say they waited 14 years for land they must now share with people from Singabalapha
News | 30 July 2026