PORTRAIT OF A SUSPECT Parliament building firebug or scapegoat? Zandile Mafe’s family speaks out about the man behind the headlines 3 min 2 By Giuseppe Rajkumar Guerandi
OUR BURNING ASSEMBLY: INTERVIEW Cape Town fire chief Ian Schnetler: From a rookie with dreams of adventure to a leader with the burden of responsibility 6 min 5 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
OUR BURNING ASSEMBLY Suspect to appear in court, but fire again flares up at Parliament 6 min 5 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
MATTERS OF OBSESSION Fire in our soul: When disaster strikes, protecting precious artefacts is a matter of design 6 min 1 By Devaksha Vallabhjee
SPOTLIGHT ‘Lies and cover-ups’: What the Charlotte Maxeke fire tells us about health and safety at Gauteng hospitals 7 min 5 By Ufrieda Ho for Spotlight
GROUNDUP Woman dies, teenager hurt as fire guts 49 shacks in Cato Manor 3 min 0 By Nokulunga Majola for GroundUp
PYROCENE CAPE: NEWSFLASH ‘Out-of-control’ blaze moves to Vredehoek, residents evacuated, one suspect arrested 4 min 3 By Karabo Mafolo
Pyrocene Cape II ‘Out-of-control’ Table Mountain fire forces UCT evacuation 2 min 2 By Unknown Author
MAVERICK CITIZEN OP-ED ‘No merry Christmas’ - two days after the devastating shack fires in Cape Town’s Masiphumelele 5 min 0 By Lutz Van Dijk
BOOK REVIEW The story of a forgotten forest fire stirs sparks of insight and provides hope in the Age of Covid 6 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
PODCAST REVIEW A journey around the wonderful world of non-English speaking podcasts 3 min 0 By Neroli Price
SHELF LIFE #4 Organic charcoal entrepreneur keeps fires lit under South African braais 6 min 0 By Ilana Sharlin Stone
Newsflash Third police station in Western Cape torched – 250 dockets go up in smoke 2 min 0 By Marianne Thamm
