{"id":296743,"date":"2026-05-04T15:39:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T13:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/?p=296743"},"modified":"2026-05-04T18:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T16:04:09","slug":"khayelitsha-shack-fire-town-two-homeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/khayelitsha-shack-fire-town-two-homeless\/","title":{"rendered":"Khayelitsha shack fire survivors struggle to rebuild"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Scores of shack fire victims at SST informal settlement in <a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/town-two-empowered-against-gbv-20220706\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"45343\">Town Two<\/a> spent a chilly weekend without shelters after their homes were destroyed by a fire on Thursday, 30 April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 40 shacks were ravaged by the flames, leaving over 100 people homeless. The cause of the fire is still unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-victims-lose-everything\">Victims lose everything<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Shack fire victim Ayanda Ngwenze said he lost everything in the blaze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am left with only the clothes I\u2019m wearing. I have no place to sleep and I\u2019m currently staying with a friend. I don\u2019t know how I\u2019m going to rebuild my shack because I don\u2019t have money to buy building materials. I\u2019m unemployed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ngwenze, who survives by collecting scrap, said he was out working when the fire broke out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was in Blackheath collecting scrap when the incident occurred. When I came back, my shack was gone. Because I don\u2019t have a phone, I only heard from one of my neighbours as I was approaching Town Two Clinic that my shack had been destroyed by the flames,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another victim, Nontombi Maqokolo, said life has been difficult since her three-room shack was gutted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-families-appeal-for-help\">Families appeal for help <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The mother of three said they are currently staying with her cousin. \u201cI only managed to take out a blanket and a bag with my children\u2019s clothes. My children and I are staying with my cousin, while my boyfriend is staying with a friend. We only see each other during the day,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She added that all they need is building material to rebuild their shack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/three-dead-including-infant-in-devastating-khayelitsha-shack-fire\/\">Three dead, including infant, in devastating Khayelitsha shack fire<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-relief-efforts-underway\">Relief efforts underway <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>South African National Civic Organisation (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_African_National_Civics_Organisation\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_African_National_Civics_Organisation\">SANCO<\/a>), chair Lubabalo Msutu has appealed to humanitarian organisations to assist the victims. He said some people are struggling to rebuild their shacks because they do not have building materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNot all of them have been able to rebuild their shacks; others are staying with friends and relatives. Besides the City\u2019s officials, only the Gift of the Givers Foundation has come through, providing food, blankets and sanitary towels on Saturday 2 May. We are still waiting for the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) to come. Some of the fire victims have no food,\u201d said Msutu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City\u2019s Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson Jermaine Carelse said the department received a call at 13:30 on Thursday, 30 April, reporting structures alight in Town Two, Khayelitsha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSeveral crews were on scene, including an Incident Management Team (IMT) Type 5 to coordinate the firefighting operations. 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