{"id":266835,"date":"2025-10-17T16:47:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T14:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/?p=266835"},"modified":"2025-10-17T16:49:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T14:49:24","slug":"hundreds-of-people-homeless-after-shack-fire-in-khayelitsha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/hundreds-of-people-homeless-after-shack-fire-in-khayelitsha\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of people homeless after shack fire in Khayelitsha"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hundreds of people were left homeless after more than 80 shacks were ravaged by a fire at S-section in Site B, <a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/khayelitsha-school-drivers-strike-over-unpaid-salaries\/\">Khayelitsha<\/a> on Thursday 16 October. The cause of the incident is still unclear. Shack fire victim Abulele Sikwana (37) said she lost all her belongings in the fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I lost everything in the fire including my academic documents. The incident started after 17:00 while I was at Nonkqubela Centre in the area. I saw the smoke, but I ignored it, and it didn&#8217;t cross my mind that it could be in my area,&#8221; she explained, adding that she received a WhatsApp message from one of her neighbours informing her that her shack is burning. When she arrived at her shack, it was already burnt to the ground. Sikwana said she is currently living with her siblings in her parent\u2019s house in the area.<br>Luyanda Matutu said he was at the shebeen when the shack fire started. He said he saw people passing by the shebeen, running and carrying buckets of water trying to extinguish the flames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I think the fire was in the sixth shack away from mine, but because the area is so dense I couldn&#8217;t manage to take out all my stuff. 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