A Grade two learner, nine-year-old Motjaritje Tjambiru died in a fire that engulfed her family's shack in Kanaan A, Gobabis. The incident has left the family in shock and mourning.

Two families at Mubiza Village in the Zambezi Region were left destitute after their houses were gutted by fire this week.

The incident was attributed to a toddler who was playing with thatched grass and is alleged to have started the fire.