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South Africa:
New Fire Station Planned for Masiphumelele
News24Wire, 1 December 2015
A new fire station was being planned for Masiphumelele, the City of Cape Town said on Tuesday. Read more »
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South Africa:
Social Development Minister to Visit Masiphumelele
SAnews.gov.za, 1 December 2015
Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini is expected to visit families who lost their homes in a fire at the Masiphumelele informal settlement in Cape Town at the weekend. Read more »
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South Africa:
Minister Bathabile Dlamini Visits Families of Masiphumelele Fire Tragedy in Cape Town, 1 Dec
Govt of SA, 30 November 2015
The Minister for Social Development, Ms Bathabile Dlamini, will visit the families who lost their homes on Sunday in a fire that ripped through the Masiphumelele informal… Read more »
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South Africa:
City of Cape Town Vows to Assist Fire Victims Rebuild Shacks
News24Wire, 30 November 2015
The City of Cape Town is doing everything in its power to ensure that the debris left behind by a blaze which claimed the lives of two people and destroyed 800 shacks at an… Read more »
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South Africa:
Condolences to Families of Victims of Cape Fires
IFP, 30 November 2015
The Inkatha Freedom Party has sends its deepest condolences to the families, neighbours and friends of the victims who died in the fires that tore through the informal settlements… Read more »
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South Africa:
'My Only Thought Was - I Don't Want to Die'
GroundUp, 30 November 2015
Nolufefe Mhlangeni lost her mother and her two-year-old daughter in a fire in Masiphumelele in 2013. On Sunday, she lost her home. Read more »
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South Africa:
Fires Cause Thousands of the Poorest to Lose Everything Yet Again in Cape Town
COPE, 30 November 2015
COPE has repeatedly urged government at all three levels to provide planning services at the very least for informal settlements. Read more »
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South Africa:
One Thousand Homes Destroyed in Masiphumelele Fire
GroundUp, 30 November 2015
Distraught residents wander amongst the ash, corrugated iron, rubble and smoke of Section D in Masiphumelele, a township in Cape Town's south peninsula. In the last few hours,… Read more »
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South Africa:
2 Dead, 4 000 Homeless After Cape Town Fire
News24Wire, 29 November 2015
At least two people were found dead and thousands of people lost their homes in a devastating fire that raced through an informal settlement near Fish Hoek, Cape Town, early on… Read more »