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Tragedy strikes KTC informal settlement: 18-month-old toddler dies in shack fire

25 July 2026 by CapeTownNewsReader

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An 18-month-old toddler died and his mother was seriously injured in a shack fire that left 12 people homeless in KTC, Gugulethu on Saturday morning.

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