South Africa: Shack Dwellers Despair Over Latest Fire in Jika Joe

Hundreds of residents are once again homeless after another fire swept through the Pietermaritzburg shack settlement, with the additional worry of contracting Covid-19 in temporary shelters.

Hundreds of families who lost their shack dwellings when a fire swept through the Jika Joe shack settlement in the central business district of Pietermaritzburg have started to rebuild their homes.

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