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KHAYE HELLFIRE
Daily Voice
|January 06, 2026
OVER 500 people were left homeless when a fire swept through Khayelitsha's Phakamani Road settlement on Sunday, 4 January.
So far, no one has reportedly been injured or killed in the inferno, but according to the humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers, nearly 200 shacks were destroyed in Tsepe Tsepe.
The organisation said the fire, which started at about 12.30pm, was by far the largest incident recorded over the festive period.
Pictures shared by the organisation show residents, including young children, surveying the damage as shacks lie in ruins all around them.
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In a statement on Sunday, it said: "Gift of the Givers teams were called in by the local council and community leaders to provide humanitarian assistance.
This story is from the January 06, 2026 edition of Daily Voice.
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