Fire
Violent clashes in Masiphumelele over future of sportsfield
The City wants to build temporary houses on it but as one resident says, “To the City, temporary can be 25 years.”
News | 18 March 2021
“God always puts something out for us” says scrap collector
Even shack fires can be an opportunity
Brief | 22 February 2021
Millions of rands of housing materials dumped since 2018
Councillor blames disagreement in the community
News | 23 November 2020
20 shacks ignited in five minutes in experiment
University fire engineering research shows that fire-resistant paint does not work
By Elsabé Brits
Science | 12 October 2020
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