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After being burgled four times, Reuben Birin Special School for the Hearing Impaired in Port Elizabeth was torched.Image: GroundUp/ Joseph Chirume
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Losses run into millions as school is burgled four times, set alight twice

Reuben Birin Special School for the Hearing Impaired has been burgled four times in the past week and was set alight on Thursday and then again on Saturday. Classes are suspended and the damage is in the millions of rands. The school in…

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One of the resident chimps at Monkey Town in Somerset West. All its animals survived a fire that burnt down the sanctuary’s restaurant early on Friday, December 14 2018.Image: Monkey Town
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Fire razes restaurant at Cape monkey sanctuary

A fire burnt down the restaurant at a Western Cape monkey sanctuary early on Friday, December 14 2018. City of Cape Town fire and rescue spokesman Edward Bosch said the alarm was raised at 11pm on Thursday. By the time firefighters…

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