“When fires start in the valley, sparks fly up on top of the thatch and then the houses start burning,” says community member Bono Cwazibe. Steep hillsides make the homesteads easy targets for wildfires, especially those with thatched roofs.
In this rural part of KwaZulu-Natal, people live in traditional rondavel homes that are spread out among thornveld valleys. Ngcongo lives in an idyllic-looking rural community located in hills above the Nhlazuka valley. She just managed to grab her six children and a few meagre possessions before escaping the wildfires that burnt down her valley.
Shongaziph Ngcongo awoke one windy night in August to find her thatched-roof house ablaze.
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