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Scrap yarders collect burnt iron sheets for money after Masiphumelele fire

While a group of Masiphumelele residents anxiously wait for temporary homes, some scrap yarders have taken the opportunity to clear the site to make a few extra rands. Thousands of shack dwellers lost everything in a devastating fire a week before Christmas when a blaze gutted more than a thousand homes. And now three weeks later, the funds have finally been made available by national…