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This is a tragedy that should not have happened. As with the recent explosion, caused by maintenance failures, that ripped up an inner-city street, callous politicians and officials have allowed Johannesburg to decline into a deathtrap — especially for the most vulnerable. 

City shuttered task team that should have cleaned up building where 73 died in Joburg fire. Exposed: the complete list of 57 hijacked buildings in the inner city.

The building in which 74 people died as a result of a fire belonged to the City

The City of Johannesburg says the Joburg CBD building was raided in 2019 and was found to be occupied by 140 renting foreigners.

According to Makhubele, boxes of spy equipment were found in a safe at the city’s Group Forensics and Investigation Services (GFIS) building, which she claims was used to unlawfully spy on councillors and city officials, including herself.

A labour dispute lodged by a senior City of Johannesburg official, who was fired after blowing the whistle on irregularities and possible corruption to the tune of R8.2 billion, will be referred for arbitration. 




The City of Johannesburg, despite losing nearly R2.2 billion in the "corrupt" awarding of contracts, has seemingly paused the investigation into errant executives implicated in an investigative report.

A report tabled in council by Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda indicated that the internal investigations department has not provided evidence that it reported misconduct of councillors to the city’s legislative body.

City of Johannesburg speaker Colleen Makhubele has authorised an external legal opinion and preliminary investigation into former executives of the council, who she said sanctioned bogus investigations into councillors by the GFIS.

Johannesburg Speaker, Collen Makhubele has authorised an investigation into alleged corruption and fraud in the city that allegedly implicates both officials and councillors