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FILE: A fire engine at the Strand fire station. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

Nomzamo

Blaze leaves over 140 homes, 300 people affected in Nomzamo

By Lizell Persens

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.

    1000 days ago
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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.

    1021 days ago
  • The Ikhwezi Clinic in Strand before it was closed indefinitely following a fire. Picture: Google Maps

    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.

    1120 days ago
  • FILE: A fire engine at the Strand fire station. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    Nomzamo clinic badly damaged in fire

    Preliminary investigations show it was started deliberately.

    1122 days ago
  • Over 120 people were left displaced after a fire in Leonsdale, Elsies River on Sunday, 17 December 2017. Picture: facebook.com

    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.

    1652 days ago
  • FILE: A fire engine. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    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.

    1652 days ago
  • Small children playing outside in Nomzamo on 10 February 2015. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    1 killed in Nomzamo shack fire

    Six structures have been destroyed by the fire and at least 16 people are without a home.

    1793 days ago
  • FILE: Minentle Lekatha's body was found in Nomzamo on Saturday 3 June 2017. Picture: Facebook.com.

    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

    1846 days ago
  • FILE: Police tape at a crime scene. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    Child’s body discovered near N2 Highway in Strand

    Police say a postmortem will be conducted to determine the cause of death.

    1848 days ago
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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.

    1905 days ago
  • Small children playing outside in Nomzamo on 10 February 2015. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    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.

    1906 days ago
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    Over 150 homeless after Strand shack fire

    No injuries were reported following the fire in in Nomzamo, Strand, on Tuesday.

    2041 days ago
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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.

    2140 days ago
  • Mandla Moyakhe is the community leader of Nomzamo's community living on SANRAL land. Picture: Anthony Molyneaux/EWN

    [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.

    2191 days ago
  • FILE: Western Cape Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo. Picture: @nomafrench.

    Nomzamo residents urged not to destroy a new community centre

    Nomafrench Mbombo today officially opened the Nomzamo Community Day Centre.

    2196 days ago
  • FILE: Small children playing outside in Nomzamo. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    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.

    2258 days ago
  • FILE: Law enforcement agencies are on high alert in Nomzamo. Picture: EWN.

    Heavy police presence in Nomzamo following protests

    Residents earlier burnt tyres and rubble on Onverwacht Street in Strand.

    2259 days ago
  • FILE: The cause of the fire is still unknown. Picture: EWN.

    At least 25 people left homeless after Strand shack fire

    Nine structures were gutted when a blaze broke out in Nomzamo yesterday.

    2283 days ago
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