‘We couldn’t save them’: Mamelodi residents in pain after failing to save dad and two children in shack fire

Neighbour opens up to TimesLIVE Premium about the community's struggle to save the family as the fire tore through their home

12 July 2023 - 22:08

A Tshwane community has been left scarred and heartbroken after a father and his two young children were burnt beyond recognition in a shack fire on Wednesday...

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