Joe Slovo informal settlement outside Cape Town is devastated by a fire

Date: 15 Jan 2005
Updated: 13 Jan 2020

On this day the Joe Slovo informal settlement situated outside Cape Town was devastated by a shack fire. Seven people, including two children, were seriously injured, and thousands of houses destroyed leaving about 12 000 people homeless. For the first time, a helicopter was used in Cape Town to exterminate a shack fire.

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01Joe Slovo informal settlement outside Cape Town is devastated by a fire. The Star, 17 January 2005.
02City of Cape Town FIRES AT ZONE 30, JOE SLOVO INFORMAL SETTLEMENT, LANGA [online] Available at: www.capetown.gov.za [Accessed on 3 December 2013]

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Joe Slovo informal settlement outside Cape Town is devastated by a fire. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013634

South African History Online (2011) 'Joe Slovo informal settlement outside Cape Town is devastated by a fire', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013634 (Accessed: 16 August 2026).

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"Joe Slovo informal settlement outside Cape Town is devastated by a fire." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013634. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Joe Slovo informal settlement outside Cape Town is devastated by a fire." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013634.