24 deaths from 180 Cape shack fires this December alone
It’s been a fiery start to the festive season with more than 180 shack fires and 24 fire-related deaths recorded by the city’s fire and rescue services since the beginning of December. On Christmas Day, 30-year-old security guard Pitso Mokoena died in a fire in Siqalo informal settlement near Mitchells Plain. His body was found in his bed, burnt beyond recognition.
His devastated girlfriend, Nomzamo Nyebe, 30, said she was struggling to deal with the loss and telling the couple’s 2-year-old child. She could not hold back her tears as she spoke to Weekend Argus about the death her partner of six years.
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