i want to get monkey river back on the map. monkey river exists, it's a beautiful place.ural resources are here for us to use, not abuse and misuse. because without them we can't exist. if we can address what we are seeing, monkey river can be here for another hundred years. ever drier - ever warmer - ever more fires. often it's the very poorest who suffer the most - like residents of informal settlements. the township of masiphumelele near cape town has 30,000 residents spread across nearly 40 hectares. nozuko loliwe is sorting through the wreckage of her home. two weeks ago a fire destroyed 178 shacks here - homes made of corrugated metal on a wooden frame. "i ran out with nothing. the only thing i have left are my pyjamas. my neighbor died in the fire. " one of her friends filmed the inferno. fires like these are happening more frequently. as the population grows, people are living closer together. and heatwaves are also more common because of climate change. dozens of homes also burned down recently in cape town's biggest township, kayelitsha. and not for the first ti