Fire destroys woman’s house and belongings

A mysterious fire has ruined the life of a 29-year old Mashau woman and her three children, when the one-roomed shack she called home was completely razed to the ground by the angry inferno.

Despite the loss of all her belongings, she is happy that nobody had been harmed. The incident, which is still a mystery to her and the community, happened on Friday evening.

Shonisani Ndou, an unemployed single mother, said that she had left home on the Friday as per the rules of the village, to go and help a family that was to bury a member the following day. She said that she had left everything in order at her house.

"We don't have electricity at home and there were no lit candles in the room. I suspect that the fire could have been started by a person. What worries me is that I do not have any enemies."

She added that when she arrived back at around midnight, she was told that the house was on fire. “We ran to the house with neighbours and relatives, but unfortunately by the time we arrived there, the house had already been engulfed by flames, and we watched helplessly and we could not save anything. I have saved for many years for this one room as I am not working and I do not even know how I am going to replace the loss," she added.

She mentioned that all her belongings, including her identity document, her children's birth certificates and her mother’s death certificate had been destroyed.

Levubu police spokesperson, W/O Solly Mukhola said that they have opened an arson case and that investigations will reveal the cause of the fire. People willing to assist Ndou can contact her on 079 413 7146.

Date:24 October 2014

By: Elmon Tshikhudo

Elmon Tshikhudo started off as a photographer. He developed an interest in writing and started submitting articles to local as well as national publications. He became part of the Limpopo Mirror family in 2005 and was a permanent part of the news team until 2019.

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