As residents of the Joe Slovo settlement begin to rebuild their lives after the devastating fire that killed eight and left 3 000 homeless, research shows that none of the most commonly used paraffin ...

In South Africa, untamed fires are on the rise in informal settlements and low-income neighbourhoods. Alpheus Mashigo/fireservices.gov.za The discovery of fire is often considered to be the most ...

POLOKWANE – To assist the estimated 20-million South Africans that have no choice but to cook on sub-standard paraffin stoves, the Paraffin Safety Association of Southern Africa (PSASA) and Working on ...

LOCALLY MADE: An example of a paraffin stove which complies with national standards. Speaking at the official launch of the project in Kya Sands, department minister Rob Davies warned that suppliers ...

Thousands of "illegally imported" paraffin stoves are flooding the South African market, crippling the local metal industry and posing health risks in poorer communities. The Paraffin Safety ...

While an interest in alternative energy and green politics is often seen as the preserve of the chattering classes, working-class people in Jo’burg’s inner city are already using renewable energy in ...

"Many households in South Africa use paraffin stoves every day. South Africa has some of the strictest laws in the world governing the safety of these stoves‚ but sub-standard stoves continue causing ...

Paraffin stoves, often cited as the cause of shack fires, could become safer with a decision to make voluntary SABS manufacturing guidelines compulsory. The South African Bureau of Standards has ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) The discovery of fire is often considered to be the most important in the history of humankind. But an untamed fire is also insidious and destructive. In South Africa, ...

The discovery of fire is often considered to be the most important in the history of humankind. But an untamed fire is also insidious and destructive. In South Africa, untamed fires are on the rise in ...

The discovery of fire is often considered to be the most important in the history of humankind. But an untamed fire is also insidious and destructive. In South Africa, untamed fires are on the rise in ...