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
Even shack fires can be an opportunity
Brief | 22 February 2021
Councillor blames disagreement in the community
News | 23 November 2020
University fire engineering research shows that fire-resistant paint does not work
Science | 12 October 2020
Four villages suffer losses in Nyandeni Municipality, Eastern Cape
Brief | 15 September 2020
One of two serious shack fires in city in 24 hours
Brief | 15 June 2020
Teenage daughter survives as she was visiting her cousin at the time of the fire
News | 15 June 2020
“We have suffered enough in the hall and now they want to finish us off here”
Brief | 19 April 2020
Wallacedene shack dwellers say they had no water to extinguish the blaze
By Vincent Lali
News | 25 February 2020
Survivors of a devastating blaze in December say the site they were relocated to is unsuitable and unserviced
News | 12 February 2020
About 40 families say they need to be relocated
Brief | 19 November 2019
Over 60 people have been sheltering for three weeks at a community hall in Athlone
News | 7 November 2019
Mamelodi father rushes back into burning shack
Brief | 2 October 2019
Delivery man whose car caught alight says he does not know how he will resume work
Brief | 30 September 2019
“The quick reaction time of the fire crews resulted in the fire being contained to the theater section of the hospital”
Brief | 13 September 2019
City’s poorest residents use both insurance and technology to fight fires
By Tessa Knight and Candy Chan
Feature | 10 September 2019