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The City of Johannesburg must take Thursday’s fire in the CBD as a wake-up call to proactively improve the conditions of buildings it owns and manages, as well as other abandoned buildings, says the Socio-Economic Rights Institute.
Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says the national government is ready to assist the City of Johannesburg after a deadly fire that claimed the lives of 73 people on Thursday.
The City of Johannesburg says about 200 households were affected as a result of the fire at a five-storey which claimed the lives of 74 people as of Thursday afternoon.