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City officials would have had to be blind to miss the clear fire risk at one of Joburg’s hijacked buildings. But what are the odds the blaze will change anything?
The building was erected in 1954, though, and originally housed the Central Pass Office, from where passes were issued under apartheid.
Criminal gangs 'hijack' buildings in South Africa, and then they burn down. And no-one seems able to stop them.
Gauteng Health has confirmed that the death toll of the people killed in the Johannesburg fire incident on Thursday has increased to 77.