Dipaleseng Municipality Distributes Food Parcels to Vulnerable Families
The Department of Social Development’s local office identified the beneficiaries, including a family from Balfour North who recently lost their home to fire.
The Department of Social Development’s local office identified the beneficiaries, including a family from Balfour North who recently lost their home to fire.
The station is a transformative, durable facility, featuring a six-storey training tower, fire engine bays, a lifting tank, and advanced simulation facilities, ready to handle any emergency.
Maile also made a direct appeal to community members, urging them to work closely with police authorities to protect local businesses from criminal elements that threaten economic development in townships.
While no injuries have been reported, arson is suspected, and a full investigation will commence once the site is fully secured.
City officials say the fire risk increases during winter, especially in informal settlements where open flames and unsafe heating methods are commonly used.
Ambulance diversions remain in place, and patients are encouraged to use local clinics and come to the hospital only after referrals.
Hospital authorities have established a dedicated telephone line (011 923 2000 / 2165) for families seeking information about their loved ones.
The siblings who are pensioners both rely on chronic medication have been struggling to cope with the aftermath of the fire
One machinery operator, who was working near a tire-burning furnace at the time of the explosion, sustained severe burn injuries and was rushed to a nearby medical facility
Preliminary investigations suggest that the children’s mother had left them alone in the shack while she attended to matters elsewhere.