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Imizamo Yethu Fire

Imizamo Yethu Fire

Residents evacuate with what they can whilst a fire engulfs Mandela Park Imizamo Yethu in Hout Bay
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Date taken
11 March 2017
Photo by
Aletta Harrison
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Aletta Harrison/GroundUp
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Informal Settlements
Keywords
Fire,  Hout Bay,  Imizamo Yethu,  Mandela Park

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