{"id":43358,"date":"2023-12-08T11:34:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T09:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/nazo-family-needs-answers-about-their-sons-death-20231206\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T02:46:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T00:46:12","slug":"nazo-family-needs-answers-about-their-sons-death-20231206","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/nazo-family-needs-answers-about-their-sons-death-20231206\/","title":{"rendered":"A family from Crossroads, Cape Town wants answers to their son\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Nazo family in Crossroads is seeking answers following the death of their son on Sunday 03 December.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The 25-year-old Wandile Mlisa died in a shack fire while in his sleep at Cuba informal settlement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bertha Nazo, Mlisa\u2019s grandmother, said she will not\u00a0rest until the perpetrators are brought to book.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nazo family in Crossroads is seeking answers following the death of their son on Sunday 03 December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 25-year-old Wandile Mlisa died in a shack fire while in his sleep at Cuba informal settlement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The family believes his death was orchestrated by someone as none of the nearby shacks were affected by the fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bertha Nazo, Mlisa\u2019s grandmother, said she will not&nbsp;rest until the perpetrators are brought to book. She said she last saw her grandchild on Sunday morning when he left her house to sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWandile was here in my house with his friends having fun. He left here at about 03:00 to sleep in his shack. Just after 05:00 I heard his friends knocking on my house telling me that Wandile\u2019s shack had burned. I asked them where he was and they told me he was dead,\u201d she said, holding back the tears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/city-vision\/hundreds-left-homeless-in-khayelitsha-cape-town-after-a-shack-fire-ravaged-the-area-20231031\" target=\"_blank\">Hundreds left homeless in Khayelitsha, Cape Town after a shack fire ravaged the area<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On their arrival at the scene, Nazo said his body was at the door as though he was trying to escape. She said what hurt her the most was how her grandchild died. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She questioned how the incident occurred.&nbsp;\u201cMawande\u2019s shack was between other shacks. How can it be the only one that burned? The&nbsp;shacks there are so close to each other. There is no way that can be the only affected shack. They are so close to the extent that no one can go between them, but the others are not affected,\u201d said Nazo.&nbsp;She described Wandile as a very active child who never had issues with anyone in the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nazo added that he was passionate about sport. \u201cHe grew up here. He liked soccer. He was the coach of a local Mighty African FC. We are not crying alone. The community is also crying as well,\u201d she said.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nazo stated that the family is waiting for Mlisa\u2019s father to conclude funeral arrangements. \u201cThe deceased\u2019s father is a long-distance truck driver. 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