Our gardener phoned me in the early hours of Monday 2nd May to say that his home had been burnt to the ground along with 1500 homes in Masiphumelele. Thankfully his family is safe including his 3 week old daughter. What a world to be born into – where recurring fires that threaten your family and destroy your home are a real and ever present threat.
Yesterday this pile of burnt posts and buckled corregated iron was a home.
Disaster management and local community workers and support organizations are on the ground helping with the relief and rebuilding operations. The scale of the devastation and material loss is so great that appeals for bedding, food, clothing, pots, crockery, building materials, appliances anything you have that you can offer / no longer need would be appreciated. These can be taken to the Masiphumelele Community center or to the Ocean view or Fish Hoek Police stations and marked for the Masi fire.
The Fish Hoek Ratepayers and Residents Association has made their banking facility available for people to make financial donations. Please support this call for money which will be distributed where it is most needed.
The account is in the name of the FHVRRA at Standard Bank Fish Hoek. Account no 91. An electronic fund transfer is preferable – the code is 051001 for an EFT and 036009 for a deposit. Bank charges for cash or cheque deposit costs R12: 50 per deposit. When you make a donation please reference it as follows FIRE and your name.
UPDATE!! UPDATE!! Baby food, disposable nappies, baby clothes are a critical need at the moment. Tuesday 2 
May 16:00. They can be taken to the Living Hope Center opposite Masi, to the Ocean View or Fish Hoek Police Stations or the Masi community center.
Note if you can help with building materials contact the Far South disaster & risk Management control manager Marti Weddepohl on or .
Resilient residents walk between pools of spent water and burnt homes. Their first priority is to find displaced relatives and friends. Their next is how to find the energy and materials to start all over again.
Click here to read the good news of Lady & Lord Laidlaw's donation for the school children of Masi
KimK
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Thank-you & Lessons from 2 May Fire in Masiphumelele | The Scenic South, May 29, 2011 at 11:52 pm
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ReplyGenerous Donation gets Masiphumelele learners back to school | The Scenic South, May 14, 2011 at 11:40 pm
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ReplyGavin Hoole, May 9, 2011 at 2:17 pm
CORRECT STANDARD BANK BRANCH CODE: Please note, the correct branch code for electronic payments to Standard Bank is 051001 and NOT 057001. Thank you ScenicSouth for what you’re doing here for the people at Masiphumelele.
Replymikki payne, May 5, 2011 at 5:05 pm
After spending last night dishing out supper,bedding and clothing it was such an experience that there are so many people who have losty everyrhing. Thanks to all those who helped out and to all those who will meet up again tonight to serve supper.
ReplyFire in Masiphumelele – a report from two local students | The Scenic South, May 2, 2011 at 6:33 pm
[...] Only 5 months since the report by the students below, today on 2 May, another devastating fire swept through Masiphumelele. Please can you help – no donation is too small. Follow the link to see where you can donate clothes, food, money or building material. https://scenicsouth.co.za//2011/05/masiphumelele-fire-destroys-500-homes-how-you-can-help/ [...]
ReplyR Porter, May 2, 2011 at 4:29 pm
I’d like to find out who to contact regarding the reconstruction of the destroyed shacks?
ReplyKim, May 2, 2011 at 5:08 pm
Marti Weddetohl is the Far South Disaster and Risk Management control manager. You can contact her on 939 or email
ReplyDerek de Hutton, May 2, 2011 at 2:29 pm
The branch code 057001 is not the branch code for Standard Bank Fish Hoek. My electronic banking rejected it, so I used the branch name instead, which came up with a different code.
ReplyKim, May 2, 2011 at 5:16 pm
051001 is the code for an electronic funds transfer. 036009 is the code for a cash or check deposit
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