Freedom Day

'We feel used by the government': Marikana residents struggle to recover from fire

After fire razes their shacks, residents complain of neglect

25 April 2021 - 00:00

By Mluleki Mdletshe

Freedom Day is a bitter joke for Thanduxolo Sicwebu, one of the about 150 people left homeless and destitute after fire raged through the Marikana informal settlement in Cato Crest, Durban.

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