Fires are a constant threat for people living in dilapidated buildings without electricity
News | 4 September 2023
“I tried to go back to find my wife but the entrance was on fire”
News | 31 August 2023
They say they make sure the law is upheld, while the City of Johannesburg has failed to provide alternative accommodation for evicted people
News | 31 August 2023
Death toll now 73 and expected to rise
Photo Essay | 31 August 2023
While waiting for building material, fire victims have been living in the community hall or with neighbours
Brief | 15 August 2023
Oyama Meje and two adults died on Sunday night in Phola Park informal settlement fire
News | 10 July 2023
Victims of Blowy informal settlement fire were meant to have been relocated
By Vincent Lali
News | 10 July 2023
Fire destroys 50 homes, leaving families in the biting cold
Brief | 6 July 2023
Fire Weather Index prior to 2021 UCT fire was highest ever recorded during autumn in Cape Town.
News | 6 March 2023
Little progress has been made restoring Jagger Library and other torched buildings
By Daniel Steyn
News | 6 March 2023
About 1,800 people were left homeless in the second fire to rip through the township in less than a month
News | 22 November 2022
Nompumelelo Maqhulumane is among nearly 160 left homeless by a fire in Buffalo City on Sunday
Brief | 8 November 2022
The five-year-old boy was home alone with his three-year-old brother when the fire started
Brief | 11 July 2022
The library has been closed since the start of the pandemic
Brief | 7 July 2022
Three fires in West Bank, Nyanga and Philippi also left scores of people homeless
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Siphokazi Mnyobe
News | 4 July 2022
Mfuleni family loses three members in a fire. Two children are still fighting for their lives in hospital.
Brief | 29 June 2022