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‘I could have lost my son’: Mitchells Plain father counts the cost after devastating fire

IOL · 02 September 2026 at 07:00

‘I could have lost my son’: Mitchells Plain father counts the cost after devastating fire

A Rocklands family has lost its home and belongings in an early-morning fire, leaving Grade 12 learner Yaseen Van Wyk without school clothes, books and study materials ahead of his preliminary examinations.

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