Masiphumelele fire displaces more than 600 people

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Hundreds of people have been left homeless after a devastating fire in Masiphumelele over the weekend.

Preliminary estimates show that 104 homes were destroyed in the fire in the Noordhoek settlement.

More than 600 people are estimated to have been displaced.

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