Mandela park shack fire
Over 300 people displaced after shack fire in Hout Bay
The blaze in Mandela Park broke out during the night and has been contained.
Some residents have disregarded a court order preventing them from rebuilding while the city’s re-blocking process was underway.
The fire, which raged in the informal settlement of Imizamo Yethu until Saturday, destroyed around 1,000 homes.
Community halls in the Hout Bay area are filled with hundreds of residents from Mandela Park whose homes were destroyed in the fire.
A 28-year-old woman and her four-year-old son were killed when their shack caught fire on Sunday.
Two people have been killed in an overnight shack fire near Milnerton, Cape Town.
The brother of the man who died in a shack fire says he tried everything possible to save him.
Mandela Park residents say they feel despondent after losing all their possessions in a fire.
The SASSA assisted Mandela Park Informal Settlement residents with aid after a fire there on Sunday.
One person died and 200 others displaced after a fire at the Mandela Park informal settlement.