Thieves prey on shack fire victims

Niël Terblanché Residents of the informal part of Mondesa in Swakopmund have expressed despair after their belongings were stolen by bystanders while their shacks were being destroyed by fire. One of the residents, whose shack was miraculously saved from burning down, said that chaos erupted when the fire broke out in one of the backyard shacks on the same property. “We had to hurry to carry all the children to safety and save as much of our belongings as possible,” she said. The resident, who is a domestic worker and identified only as Julia, looks after children of primary school…