Fire
Firefighters battled to extinguish fatal factory fire because Verulam has no water
Three bodies have been recovered, one person is missing
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
Brief | 5 March 2024
In photos: Pringle Bay on fire
Firefighters are battling to contain the blaze which has entered its third day
Photo Essay | 31 January 2024
More than 100 homes destroyed in Philippi weekend blaze
No fatalities but 362 people left to rebuild from the ashes
Brief | 4 December 2023
Protest by people left homeless by Durban fire
Human settlements MEC promised them building materials
Brief | 22 November 2023
Hundreds homeless after shack fire rips through Durban settlement
MEC for Human Settlements promises to fast-track assistance
Brief | 17 November 2023
Fire victims sleep outside to protect their plots
“We sleep with our kids on our plots because we don’t want other residents to build their own shacks on them”
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 3 November 2023
Two dead in two shack fires since Friday in Dunoon
About 50 structures destroyed leaving 200 people homeless
Brief | 1 November 2023
Two die and hundreds left homeless by Khayelitsha fire
Frustrated victims then occupied vacant land nearby
By Vincent Lali
News | 30 October 2023