Fire

Trash dumped at councillor’s office in electricity protest

Power has not been restored for a year to Dunoon fire victims

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Brief | 26 September 2024

Woman in wheelchair narrowly escapes death in Dunoon shack fire

Nearly 50 people left homeless

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Brief | 9 September 2024

Mike Ngulube’s desperate search for his baby’s body

A year after the Marshalltown fire which killed Memory and her mother Joyce, the child’s body has not been returned to her father

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News | 6 September 2024

Survivors mark anniversary of tragic Marshalltown fire

100 people gather at Usindiso building to light candles

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Brief | 2 September 2024

Hijacked building fire survivors say their new living conditions are unbearable

Four people died and more than 200 people were displaced when a fire broke out at yet another hijacked building in Jeppestown

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News | 27 August 2024

Marshalltown fire survivors to launch class action against City of Johannesburg

A year after the tragedy, survivors and families of those who died in the Usindiso building want compensation

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News | 26 August 2024

Eastern Cape health centre doesn’t comply with fire safety rules

The Dutywa Health Centre, where the incinerator room was gutted by fire on Saturday, does not have a valid compliance certificate

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News | 21 August 2024

Shops destroyed by fire in downtown Joburg

Ward councillor believes the building had been hijacked

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Brief | 19 August 2024

Joburg fire survivor pleads for help to recover his baby’s body

Marshalltown Fire Justice Campaign calls for City to compensate victims and release remaining bodies at the morgue

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News | 31 July 2024

We had no water to put out the flames, say victims of Durban shack fire

Pregnant woman dies as 200 shacks gutted

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News | 15 July 2024

Hundreds left outside in the cold and wet after Dunoon shack fire

On Tuesday afternoon, community leaders were still coordinating relief efforts for fire victims at Doornbach informal settlement in Cape Town

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Brief | 7 May 2024

Jo’burg building fire survivors march to mayor’s office

Buildings in inner city remain in “complete state of neglect, dilapidation”, says campaign coordinator

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Brief | 26 April 2024

Suspected Fish Hoek arsonist released

Insufficient evidence against man accused of starting devastating fire that destroyed four houses

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Brief | 11 April 2024

28-year-old arrested after devastating Fish Hoek fire

Man found in vicinity of fire to be charged with arson, say police

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News | 8 April 2024

Firefighters battled to extinguish fatal factory fire because Verulam has no water

Three bodies have been recovered, one person is missing

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Brief | 5 March 2024

Three people in hospital with serious burns after Dunoon shack fires

At least 200 people were left homeless after two fires at the weekend

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Brief | 5 March 2024