'ID and lawn mower were the only things I could save' – Durban shack dwellers count cost of blaze

30 November 2016 - 14:03
By Bongani Mthethwa

Tuckshop owner Tusokwakhe Mthethwa lost everything in a devastating fire which razed about 10 shacks at the Springfield Industrial Park area in Durban on Wednesday morning. Mthethwa‚ 39‚ was left with just the clothes he was wearing‚ an African National Congress T-shirt and a tracksuit after the fire completely destroyed his home and tuckshop.

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