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FILE: The remains of a shack after a fire. Picture: Lauren Isaacs/EWN

Mandela park shack fire

Over 300 people displaced after shack fire in Hout Bay

By Lauren Isaacs

The blaze in Mandela Park broke out during the night and has been contained.

  • FILE: Hout Bay residents have begun to rebuild their homes after a devastating fire ravaged Mandela Park. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN.

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    Some residents have disregarded a court order preventing them from rebuilding while the city’s re-blocking process was underway.

    1968 days ago
  • Around 4,000 people were left destitute after a fire razed their homes to the ground in Hout Bay. Picture: Kevin Brandt/EWN.

    NGOs assist thousands left destitute after Hout Bay fire

    The fire, which raged in the informal settlement of Imizamo Yethu until Saturday, destroyed around 1,000 homes.

    1978 days ago
  • Hundreds of Mandela Park residents have been left homeless following a deadly fire that destroyed their homes on 11 March 2017. Picture: Monique Mortlock/EWN.

    Displaced Mandela Park residents take refuge in community halls

    Community halls in the Hout Bay area are filled with hundreds of residents from Mandela Park whose homes were destroyed in the fire.

    1978 days ago
  •  A 28-year-old woman and her four-year-old son were killed when their shack caught fire on Sunday. Picture: ER24

    Two killed in CT shack fire

    A 28-year-old woman and her four-year-old son were killed when their shack caught fire on Sunday.

    3273 days ago
  • A fire engulfed the club house at the Green Point Bowling Club in Cape Town. Picture: Graeme Raubenheimer/EWN

    Two die in CT shack fire

    Two people have been killed in an overnight shack fire near Milnerton, Cape Town.

    3560 days ago
  • A man rebuilds his home following a deadly shack fire in Mandela Park. Picture: Georgina Selander/EWN

    Brother tried to save shack fire victim

    The brother of the man who died in a shack fire says he tried everything possible to save him.

    3678 days ago
  • Residents of Mandela Park rebuild their homes following a shack fire. Picture: Georgina Selander/EWN

    Shack fire victims rebuild homes

    Mandela Park residents say they feel despondent after losing all their possessions in a fire.

    3678 days ago
  • Several shacks burnt at the Princess Informal Settlement in Johannesburg on 1 July, 2012. Picture: Tshidi Madia/EWN

    SASSA lends a hand to Hout Bay residents

    The SASSA assisted Mandela Park Informal Settlement residents with aid after a fire there on Sunday.

    3679 days ago
  • Shack fire. Picture: EWN

    Hundreds homeless after shack fire

    One person died and 200 others displaced after a fire at the Mandela Park informal settlement.

    3679 days ago
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