About 1,800 people were left homeless on Monday when a fire in Z-section destroyed about 600 shacks in Masiphumelele.
Duma lives with his two children and sister and does not receive any government assistance like grants.
Mankayi Masixole, 31, helps other people sort through the burnt remains of their homes. He says he was sleeping on Monday morning when the fire started. He just had time to save some clothes and his sound system. Masixole is unemployed and lives with his three children and wife. The household survives on child support grants.
Western Cape Police spokesman, Frederick Van Wyk, said that claims of looting in the area at the time of the fire were “not true”. He said confusion erupted when some residents were trying to move their vehicles from the fire area before engines could make their way in.
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