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☆ Inquiry Into Johannesburg Fire Blames City Officials for Deadly Conditions
  + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Lynsey Chutel | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
An inquiry into a deadly fire in Johannesburg last August that killed 76 people and exposed a housing crisis in South Africa’s largest city placed the blame on officials who ignored “ringing alarm bells” for years. The eight-month inquiry, led by a retired constitutional court justice, released its findings in a report on Sunday. The report said that years of inaction by city agencies had allowed the building to fall into lethal disrepair, and singled out a high-ranking official for blame. In the early hours of Aug. 31, a fire ripped through a derelict building in downtown Johannesburg. Once a women’s shelter, it had been all but abandoned by city agencies although it was owned by the government and managed by the Johannesburg Property Company, a government agency.
Organizations: Johannesburg Property Company Locations: Johannesburg, South Africa’s, South
☆ “If I Die, Maybe My Baby Will Survive”: Inside the Deadly Johannesburg Fire
  + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Gabriele Steinhauser | Alexandra Wexler | Aaisha Dadi Patel | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Landing feet first on the ground, Mnqandi felt his right leg crack. His son seemed OK, and there was his wife, dazed, but alive. But there was no sign of his stepdaughter, Melita. The 16-year-old had turned back to fetch some blankets to use as ropes to shorten the terrifying distance to the bottom.
Persons: Mnqandi, Melita
☆ Johannesburg Fire Kills at Least 73 in Multistory Building
  + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Alexandra Wexler | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
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Persons: Dow Jones Locations: africa, johannesburg
☆ Johannesburg fire: what are 'hijacked buildings' and why are they dangerous?
  + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
A firefighter works at the scene of a deadly fire which occurred in the early hours of the morning in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 31, 2023. REUTERS/Shiraaz Mohamed Acquire Licensing RightsJOHANNESBURG, Aug 31 (Reuters) - More than 70 people were killed overnight when fire raged through a five-storey Johannesburg apartment block that may have been rented out illegally, known as a "hijacked building":WHAT ARE HIJACKED BUILDINGS AND WHEN DID THE ISSUE BEGIN? In some instances, the syndicates occupied buildings with fraudulent title deeds, said Angela Rivers, general manager at Johannesburg Property Owners and Managers Association. Rivers said she was aware of 57 known hijacked buildings in the Central Business District alone, mostly owned by the city or the provincial government. Lebogang Isaac Maile, the head of the Human Settlements department for Gauteng province, said 23 hijacked buildings had been identified in Johannesburg as in need of development.
Persons: Shiraaz Mohamed, Angela Rivers, Rivers, Kabelo Gwamanda, Edward Molopi, Lebogang Isaac Maile, Bhargav Acharya, Catherine Schenck, Tim Cocks, Nick Macfie Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Association, Central Business District, Economic Rights Institute, Thomson Locations: Johannesburg, South Africa, Rights JOHANNESBURG, South Africa's, Gauteng
☆ Deadly blaze in South Africa, recycling fast fashion and the British Museum’s theft scandal
  + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: 1 min
Dozens of people are dead after a fire at a building in Johannesburg. The British Museum’s theft scandal is reigniting calls for the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. Fast fashion tries to tackle its waste problem. Plus, Florida cleans up after Idalia and UBS warns of 3,000 job cuts. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices.
Organizations: Apple, Google, Reuters, UBS, Thomson, Reading, Museum, Credit Suisse Locations: Johannesburg, British, Greece, Florida, Reading Johannesburg
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