South Africa: Families Still Without Electricity, Four Years After Fire

15 January 2019

More than 100 families living in Masiphumelele Wetlands informal settlement say they have been without electricity since fires in May 2014 and November 2015.

Section C was destroyed in a fire in May of 2014. Then, in November 2015, the biggest fire in the community destroyed over 1000 homes, mostly in E section.

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