South Africa: Four Years After Masiphumele Fire, Survivors Still Live in Temporary One-Room Shacks

19 November 2019

About 40 families, living in what they thought would be a temporary relocation area after a devastating fire hit Masiphumelele wetlands informal settlement, say they want to be moved to a better place.

In November 2015, over 1,000 homes were destroyed leaving 4,000 people displaced. Some of the survivors spent months living at a community hall before they were moved in early 2016 to one-roomed, fire starter kit homes next to the Phase Four housing development.

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