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Man killed, thousands left homeless

14 September 2008, 10:28
By Charmel Bowman

A 30-year-old man burnt to death and three people were reported missing when a raging fire swept across 600 shacks in the Foreman Road informal settlement, Sydenham, early on Saturday.

At least 2 000 people were left homeless after a candle left burning caused a shack to catch alight.

The fire spread, razing all their homes. Of the three believed to be missing, two are thought to be children under the age of nine.

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Rats plague community

August 03, 2008 Edition 3

Rat poison was put down at the Kennedy Road informal settlement this week by health authorities, but residents are not expecting the rat plague to end.

Residents say the eThekwini health department had used poison previously but nothing had changed, and rats were now bigger and meaner.

The settlement was in the news recently after two-month-old Wandile Cikwayo's hand was gnawed by a rat. He is in a critical condition in Addington Hospital. Earlier this year a 4-month-old baby was bitten on the head by a rat. He later died from his wounds as his parents did not have money to take him to hospital and were waiting for the Clare Estate Clinic to open on the Monday.