Durban informal settlement fire victims rebuild

Durban informal settlement fire victims rebuild

Residents at informal settlements who lost their dwellings through fire have begun rebuilding their homes.

KZN Social Development Nonhlanhla Khoza fire
KZN Social Development

Last week, fires tore through 200 homes in the informal settlements of Redhill, KwaMashu and Sydenham in Durban.


MEC for KZN Social Development Nonhlanhla Khoza together with the EThekwini Municipality today reached out to the affected communities with building material.


"Having planned together with eThekwini Municipality and Social Development. We have said let us bring some items," says Khoza. 


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"We have brought some blankets as it's cold, we have also brought mattresses so that everyone should feel comfortable. The Municipality has also brought building material so that they are able to rebuild themselves."


Marquees have been set up as a temporary shelter.

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