Twenty people were arrested at a vacant property in Johannesburg’s industrial west on Wednesday. The property was earmarked to temporarily house those affected by the Marshalltown fire, which left 77 people dead and at least 50 more injured.
MMC for Transport Kenny Kunene and Public Safety MMC Mgcini Tshwaku accompanied members of the JMPD and SAPS into a well-known abandoned building in the CBD.
MMC for Transport Kenny Kunene and Public Safety MMC Mgcini Tshwaku accompanied members of JMPD and SAPS into Vannin Court, a well-known hijacked building in Hillbrow. The building is a well-known hijacked building that criminals use to seek refuge and evade police. It has no access to running water or electricity and is covered in waste.