Fire
Wildfires leave two dead, 100 homes in ashes
Four villages suffer losses in Nyandeni Municipality, Eastern Cape
Brief | 15 September 2020
Durban fire leaves 150 people homeless and one dead
One of two serious shack fires in city in 24 hours
Brief | 15 June 2020
Family of five die in shack fire
Teenage daughter survives as she was visiting her cousin at the time of the fire
News | 15 June 2020
Relocated fire victims made unwelcome by PE homeowners
“We have suffered enough in the hall and now they want to finish us off here”
Brief | 19 April 2020
Couple dies in shack fire in Kraaifontein
Wallacedene shack dwellers say they had no water to extinguish the blaze
By Vincent Lali
News | 25 February 2020
Fire victims relocated to waterlogged site
Survivors of a devastating blaze in December say the site they were relocated to is unsuitable and unserviced
News | 12 February 2020
Four years after Masiphumele fire, survivors still live in temporary one-room shacks
About 40 families say they need to be relocated
Brief | 19 November 2019
Vygieskraal fire victims want to go home
Over 60 people have been sheltering for three weeks at a community hall in Athlone
News | 7 November 2019
Father dies trying to save son from shack fire
Mamelodi father rushes back into burning shack
Brief | 2 October 2019