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NPA confident in case against Usindiso building arson suspect
NPA confident in case against Usindiso building arson suspect! The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has expressed confidence in its case…
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Usindiso building fire victim’s wife reflects on emotional & financial toll
An elderly woman whose husband died in the Usindiso building fire reflected on the financial and emotional toll the tragedy…
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JMPD officers wounded after shootout with robbers in Joburg CBD
Two Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) officers have been hospitalized after a shootout with armed robbers in the Johannesburg CBD.…
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Release of Usindiso Commission’s report on Marshalltown fire welcomed
The Marshalltown Fire Justice Campaign is welcoming the release of the Usindiso Commission’s report. It found the City of Joburg…
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Usindiso building inquiry suggests structure be demolished
The commission of inquiry looking into the deadly Usindiso building fire has recommended the structure in Marshalltown be demolished by…
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Usindiso Commission finds City of Joburg & JPC partly responsible for Marshalltown fire
A commission looking into a fire that claimed 77 lives in Marshalltown has found that the City of Johannesburg and…
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Mayor says City of Joburg will honour Marshalltown fire victims with housing
Johannesburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda says the city will honour the victims of the tragic Marshalltown fire by refurbishing and repurposing…
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GIWUSA to hold mass meeting to address housing crisis in Johannesburg
The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (GIWUSA) is set to hold a mass meeting at the Usindiso Building…
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More than 50 people displaced, one person injured in latest Joburg CBD fire
Johannesburg Emergency Management Services (EMS) officials have responded to yet another fire in the metro’s CBD. This latest fire comes…
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Alleged Usindiso building arsonists will no longer visit the scene
The lawyer representing the man allegedly behind the Usindiso building fire has confirmed to the publication that the accused will…
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NPA working to verify the true identity of alleged Usindiso arsonist
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says the Home Affairs Department is in the process of verifying the identity of the…
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Marshalltown fire suspect to make first court appearance
A 29-year-old who confessed to starting the Marshalltown building fire will make his first court appearance on Thursday. He made…
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Marshalltown fire survivors in Denver fearful after hostel dweller raids
Some Marshalltown fire victims who’ve been moved to temporary shelters in Denver say they’re living in fear after the shelters…
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Marshalltown building fire survivors relieved self-confessed arsonist is arrested
Survivors of the Marshalltown building fire where over 70 people died said they were relieved that the man arrested in…
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Man arrested for death of 76 people & 120 counts of attempted murder after confessing he started Joburg CBD building fire
A 29-year-old man was arrested by police in Gauteng after he allegedly confessed about taking part in starting the inferno…
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Police make arrest in Marshalltown fire case
Johannesburg police have arrested a suspect in connection with the Marshalltown fire, which claimed the lives of over 70 people,…
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Police fail to prevent people from re-occupying Usindiso building amid inquiry into deadly fire
As the commission of inquiry into the Usindiso building fire resumes on Tuesday morning, the publication understands people have started…
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Marshalltown fire survivors not happy with living conditions
Victims and survivors of the Marshalltown fire are not happy about their current living conditions. They say the site where…
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Legal team for Marshalltown fire victims laud Advocate Makhubela’s recusal
Lawyers representing the Marshalltown fire victims say the recusal of Advocate Thulani Makhubela as a commissioner of the inquiry is…
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Advocate Makhubela vows to fight his recusal from Marshalltown fire inquiry
Advocate Thulani Makhubela, who has been removed as one of the presiding commissioners in the Marshalltown fire inquiry, said he…
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Marshalltown victims still waiting for housing
It’s been nearly three months since the fire at Usindiso house in Marshalltown killed over 70 people, and left other…
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Lawyer says deporting Marshalltown fire survivors not in the interest of justice
The lawyers representing the Marshalltown fire survivors said the deportation of undocumented migrants who stayed at the uSindiso building was…
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Public Safety MMC: Joburg CBD fire commission venue non-compliant for years
It has emerged that the commission into the deadly Usindiso building fire was being held at a venue without a…
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Joburg firefighter recalls efforts to save toddler from Usindiso building fire
A firefighter has recalled how Joburg search and rescue teams struggled to save a two-year-old child during the deadly Marshalltown…
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Inquiry into Marshalltown building fire begins
Horrific details have emerged of the moments when emergency services struggled to rescue residents of the Usindiso building in Marshalltown.…
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Usindiso building fire inquiry says death toll may be 76 not 77
The Commission of Inquiry into the Usindiso building fire said preliminary investigations have revealed that the death toll in the…
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Joburg CBD building fire commission of inquiry set for late October
The proceedings of the commission of inquiry into the Usindiso building fire in Marshalltown that killed 77 people will begin…
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No injuries after fire breaks out at Joburg building
Johannesburg Emergency Services (EMS) have responded to yet another fire at a building in Berea in the Joburg CBD. It…
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Premier Lesufi explains why start of Marshalltown fire inquiry has been delayed
The Gauteng government says cost difficulties are delaying the start of the Marshalltown fire inquiry. In September, the provincial government…
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Marshalltown fire: Families of deceased allegedly extorted for R700 as 44 bodies lay unclaimed
While more than 40 bodies of the 77 bodies pulled from the Marshalltown building debris lay unclaimed in Gauteng mortuaries,…
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We need to get rid of illegal connections says City of Joburg
The City of Johannesburg says illegal connections must be removed. This is in response to people illegally occupying derelict buildings…
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Gauteng government vows to keep costs of Marshalltown fire inquiry down
The Gauteng government said it did not have a budget set aside for the commission of inquiry into the Marshalltown…
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City Power to cut the lights for hijacked buildings in down town Joburg
The City of Joburg is set to cut the lights at several hijacked buildings in the inner city on Wednesday…
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Gauteng Social Dev refutes claims of holding Marshalltown fire building lease agreement
The Gauteng Department of Social Development has refuted claims by the City of Johannesburg that they held a lease agreement…
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Joburg officials reclaim hijacked JMPD impound
Johannesburg officials have reclaimed a Johannesburg Metro Police Department impound that had been hijacked. Officials reclaimed the property and arrested…
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Commission of inquiry into Joburg CBD fire yet to finalise reference terms
A commission of inquiry into the deadly Marshalltown fire that claimed 77 lives is yet to finalize its terms of…
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Law enforcement officials pounce on hijacked Joburg buildings
Law enforcement officials are on Tuesday embarking on an inspection of a hijacked building on Pietersen Street in Johannesburg’s CBD.…
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Council sitting to fathom the scale of hijacked buildings following Joburg CBD fire
Details around the Marshalltown building fire will be deliberated during a council sitting by the City of Johannesburg on Tuesday…
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Families await the painstaking identification process following Joburg fire
The families of those who perished in the blaze that engulfed a hijacked apartment building in Johannesburg are stepping forward…
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Families of Joburg fire victims urged to identify their loved ones
Gauteng Health is urging families of victims to identify their loved ones at Diepkloof and Hillbrow mortuaries. More than 70…
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Joburg City says 140 foreign nationals were arrested in 2019 for collecting money at hijacked building
The hijacked Marshalltown building in which more than 70 people perished in a blaze on Thursday morning, was previously raided…
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PICS: President Ramaphosa visits ruins of deadly Joburg CBD fire building
President Cyril Ramaphosa postponed a television address to the nation on Thursday to visit the scene at Marshalltown in Johannesburg…
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Joburg fire death toll rises to 74
The death toll from the deadly fire at a five-story building in Marshalltown has risen. 74 people have so far…
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Joburg Fire: 200 families displaced to be moved to 3 shelters in Hillbrow, Bez Valley and Jeppestown
Joburg City Manager Floyd Brink says over 200 families displaced after a fire gutted the hijacked Usindiso Building in Marshalltown…
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Authorities continue with search & recovery efforts following Joburg CBD fire
Emergency service officials are continuing their search and recovery efforts following a fire at a building in Marshalltown that claimed…
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At least 20 people killed, 43 injured in Joburg CBD as fire guts hijacked building
More than 20 people have died and 43 other people were injured when a fire broke out in a hijacked…
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House fire claims lives of 2 boys
The Bishop Lavis community in Cape Town was left distraught after a fire led to the deaths of two boys.…
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Members of Saftu to march over SA’s economic challenges today
Members of the South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) are heading into the streets on Wednesday morning, to voice…
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