Fire is a serious hazard in shack settlements in South Africa.[1] It has been argued that "On average in South Africa over the last five years there are ten shack fires a day with someone dying in a shack fire every other day."[2] In 2011, 151 were reported to have been killed in shack fires in Cape Town.[3] It was reported that in 2014, 2,090 people burned to death in the Gauteng province, "many of them in shack fires that sweep through informal settlements".[4]
- ^ A Big Devil in the Jondolos: A report on shack fires, by Matt Birkinshaw, Abahlali baseMjondolo, 2008
- ^ The Politics of Fire, Matt Birkinshaw, Pambazuka, 2008
- ^ Are some Cape Town fires hotter than others?, Rebecca Davis, Daily Maverick, 2015
- ^ This is how South Africa dies, Richard Poplak, The Daily Maverick, 2015
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