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One killed, 20 shacks destroyed in Pietermaritzburg fire

Sowetan · 20 September 2026 at 12:35

One killed, 20 shacks destroyed in Pietermaritzburg fire

Twenty shacks were destroyed and a woman died in a fire that ripped through an informal settlement in Pietermaritzburg

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