Fire
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
Transit camp for fire victims burns down in Durban
60 families left homeless after a fire in Foreman informal settlement on Sunday
Brief | 10 October 2023
Three people die in shack fire in Joe Slovo Park
73 people left homeless by the blaze on Saturday night
Brief | 19 September 2023
Loved ones who perished in the Joburg building fire
We spoke to surviving relatives at the Hofland Community Centre shelter
News | 8 September 2023