Nomzamo
Blaze leaves over 140 homes, 300 people affected in Nomzamo
The blaze ripped through two areas in the informal settlement on Tuesday.
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1 person confirmed dead after shack fire in Nomzamo
Fire and rescue services responded to a number of informal structures alight after midnight.
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WCED raises concerns as N2 protest affect schooling in Nomzamo
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) said schools were open, but some pupils appeared to have stayed away due to a protest on the N2 in the Somerset West area on Monday morning.
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Ikhwezi Clinic in Strand closed indefinitely after fire
Further assessments need to be done at the Ikwezi Clinic which sustained R10 million in damage in last week's fire.
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Nomzamo clinic badly damaged in fire
Preliminary investigations show it was started deliberately.
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More than 600 displaced after separate fires in Elsies River, Strand
At least 120 residents were left homeless following a blaze in Leonsdale in the early hours of Sunday morning.
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Hundreds left homeless after fire in Strand informal settlement
City of Cape Town officials say that 100 informal settlement housing structures have been razed to the ground.
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1 killed in Nomzamo shack fire
Six structures have been destroyed by the fire and at least 16 people are without a home.
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Minentle Lekatha murder: Cops yet to make breakthrough
She disappeared on Saturday while playing near her home and on Sunday her body was found under a bridge in Nomzamo
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Child’s body discovered near N2 Highway in Strand
Police say a postmortem will be conducted to determine the cause of death.
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Five family members killed in Nomzamo fire
The blaze destroyed five shacks on Friday, leaving 18 people without a home. Among those killed in the fire were a man, a woman, and three children.
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5 die in Nomzamo shack fire
Two adults, two children and an infant have died after a fire broke out in the Nomzamo Informal Settlement in the early hours of Friday morning.
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Over 150 homeless after Strand shack fire
No injuries were reported following the fire in in Nomzamo, Strand, on Tuesday.
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Six arrested after foreign-owned shops looted in Strand
The incident comes after a 22-year-old man was murdered in the area at the weekend.
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[WATCH] Nomzamo: Two years after mass evictions
EWN investigates how the Nomzamo community is coping with temporary homes offered by Sanral after they were forcibly removed from the privately owned land in 2014.
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Nomzamo residents urged not to destroy a new community centre
Nomafrench Mbombo today officially opened the Nomzamo Community Day Centre.
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Nomzamo community demands action on pedestrian deaths
A group of locals have forced the closure of Onverwacht Street in Strand for the last two days.
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Heavy police presence in Nomzamo following protests
Residents earlier burnt tyres and rubble on Onverwacht Street in Strand.
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At least 25 people left homeless after Strand shack fire
Nine structures were gutted when a blaze broke out in Nomzamo yesterday.
