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A presumption of bias on the part of one of the commissioners at the inquiry into the Usindiso building fire has taken centre stage during a recusal application.
Picket outside Commission of Inquiry into Albert Street fire
The fire inquiry is hearing the Socio-Economic Rights Institute's bid to have Makhubela recused as a commissioner - after noting a series of alleged xenophobic posts and pro-Operation Dudula comments that he published on social media platform X.
Affidavits presented by the victims’ legal representatives revealed that the controversial civic organisation led several raids in the hijacked building before it was gutted by a fire that claimed the lives of over 70 people.
An inference has been drawn between a commissioner’s support for the dissemination of anti-foreigner rhetoric by the movement, Operation Dudula, and his perceived inability to objectively discern matters involving foreign nationals.