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[LISTEN] Can shack fires be prevented?
Director at Ikhaya Lami Andrea Bolnick says there are solutions for disasters like the recent blaze that gutted Khayelitsha, leaving dozens displaced.
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Khayelitsha residents rebuild after deadly shack fire
And more than 1,000 people were displaced in a fire at a Philippi informal settlement.
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Concern over pupils affected by Khayelitsha shack fire
At least 34 pupils from Nomsa Mapongwana Primary School in Khayelitsha have been affected by the blaze in Town Two.
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Khayelitsha fire victims continue with rebuilding efforts
One person died and more than 2,300 were displaced after a blaze swept through a section of Town Two on Saturday.
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3 killed, hundreds homeless after Cape shack fires
A blaze in Hangberg on Friday claimed the lives of two people, including a child.
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DA to assist Khayelitsha fire victims with rebuilding efforts
Earlier on Sunday, the party gave an update on the outcomes of its final sitting for the year.
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Gift of the Givers offers R2m aid package to Khayelitsha fire victims
The team of volunteers is working closely with the City of Cape Town’s disaster management and the SA Social Security Agency to assist affected residents.
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1 person killed in Khayelitsha shack fire
It's understood the fire, fanned by very strong winds, has destroyed approximately 200 structures, leaving many displaced.
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Du Noon shack fire leaves one child dead, 70 displaced
The blaze broke out in the early hours of Monday morning.
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Substance abuse, negligence feature ‘too prominently’ as cause of CT fires
Between January 2015 and June 2018 authorities recorded 511 fire-related deaths in the region.
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WC hopes to expand smoke detector pilot project to rest of SA
The province's Environmental Affairs Department partnered with Stellenbosch University to install dozens of smoke detectors in the Wallacedene informal settlement and authorities are claiming great results.
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Man (20) dies, 34 displaced following Touwsranten fire
A man, believed to be in his mid-twenties, died in the fire that broke out in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
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City of Joburg assessing impact of devastating Alex shack fires
The blaze ripped through a small section of the township in the early hours of Tuesday morning when an open fire was left unattended during the current cold snap gripping Gauteng.
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Alex residents count costs after shack fire
It’s believed last night's blaze started after a resident left an open fire unattended during the cold snap.
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Winter fires: 1 dead in CT, 40 shacks destroyed in Gauteng
A cold snap hit Gauteng on Monday night and temperatures are only expected to warm up from Thursday.
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Ramaphosa pledges govt support to Philippi shack fire victims
Five children died in the tragedy in the early hours of Saturday morning. The fire tore through the Masiya informal settlement.
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Philippi residents pick up the pieces after deadly fire
The blaze ripped through a section of the Masiya informal settlement in the early hours of Saturday morning.
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President Ramaphosa saddened by death of 5 boys in Philippi shack fire
At least 17 people, many of them children, have died in shack fires since the start of May in Cape Town.
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Investigation underway after shack fire claims lives of 5 children
Five children died when a fire ripped through several homes in Philippi.
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Shack fire breaks out during Ramaphosa address in Tswelopele
President Cyril Ramaphosa was addressing community members as part of the ANC’s Thuma Mina campaign launch.
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CT shack fires claim 10 lives in the past few days
The onset of winter usually brings with it a spike in shack fires.
