Langa, Cape Town fire

The Cape Town Disaster Risk Management Centre says it has requested that the provincial Human Settlements Department assist in the rebuilding of homes for ...

CAPE TOWN - Humanitarian aid group Gift of the Givers will remain in Langa's Joe Slovo informal settlement where a fire destroyed hundreds of homes.

The City of Cape Town has numerous departments on the ground to assist those affected by a fire which ravaged through Langa on Saturday.

CAPE TOWN - The City of Cape Town is on Monday calling on residents in Langa's Joe Slovo Informal Settlement to help identify those responsible for ...

About 300 homes were destroyed, leaving more than 1,000 people displaced. CAPE TOWN - Humanitarian aid group Gift of the Givers will remain in Langa's Joe Slovo ...

Members of the public can donate non-perishable items, disposable nappies, baby food, blankets and sanitary items.

Cape Town - The City of Cape Town has confirmed that its Disaster Risk Management and Informal Settlements Management team has completed the registration of ...

A large fire engulfed an informal settlement in Langa, Cape Town on Saturday evening, 16 April 2022. GroundUp's Ashraf Hendricks took these photographs and ...

Hundreds of people have been left homeless after a fire broke out in the Joe Slovo informal settlement in Langa on the Cape Flats on Saturday.

Cape Town Emergency services officials were attacked while trying to contain a massive fire in Langa on Saturday night.

Zain Johnson speaks to Zahid Badroodien, mayoral committee member for water and sanitation in the City of Cape Town.

No fatalities have been reported from the blaze on Saturday but the City of Cape Town estimates that more than 300 homes have been damaged.

An estimated 1200 people had been displaced or remained unaccounted for, with about 300 wood or iron structures destroyed or damaged, according to the ...

Gale-force winds in Cape Town resulted in the fanning of a fire in Langa where one adult male sustained burns and subsequently passed away.

A fire has devasted the Joe Slovo informal settlement in Langa, Cape Town, leaving thousands displaced and now, a life lost due to fatal burn wounds.