A 42-year-old farmworker burned to death in her hut on the banks of the Orange River at the Aussenkehr grape farm on Saturday.
According to police spokesperson Deputy Commissioner Edwin Kanguatjivi, the woman has been identified as Faustina Kutjira Ghumwanghadhi.
Despite generating millions of dollars for their employers, farmworkers at Aussenkehr and Noordoewer are still living in reed huts.
"The incident took place Saturday evening at the Location Five Mandudu," said Kanguatjivi.
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