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Johannesburg building fire

Joburg ‘dark buildings’ owners blame City for hijacking crisis and lack of emergency accommodation

South Africa

Joburg ‘dark buildings’ owners blame City for hijacking crisis and lack of emergency accommodation

By Kimberly Mutandiro

Deadly fire prompts City of Joburg to seek legal clarity on evictions from hijacked buildings

South Africa

Deadly fire prompts City of Joburg to seek legal clarity on evictions from hijacked buildings

By Michelle Banda

Johannesburg’s catastrophic CBD fire is a tale of one city’s non-accountability crisis

South Africa

Johannesburg’s catastrophic CBD fire is a tale of one city’s non-accountability crisis

By Alex van den Heever

After the Bell: Give your heart to Marshalltown

Business Maverick

After the Bell: Give your heart to Marshalltown

By Tim Cohen

A building and lives left to burn – 80 Albert Street must be remembered in this way

Op-eds

A building and lives left to burn – 80 Albert Street must be remembered in this way

By Rebecca Walker

Some Johannesburg inferno survivors refuse shelter, opt to sleep outside fire-ravaged building

Maverick Citizen

Some Johannesburg inferno survivors refuse shelter, opt to sleep outside fire-ravaged building

By Naledi Sikhakhane

How to help? Call for urgent humanitarian aid as hundreds of Johannesburg fire victims face uncertain future

South Africa

How to help? Call for urgent humanitarian aid as hundreds of Johannesburg fire victims face uncertain future

By Michelle Banda

Johannesburg fire – 'I had to jump out from the third floor with my four-year-old'

South Africa

Johannesburg fire – 'I had to jump out from the third floor with my four-year-old'

By Naledi Sikhakhane

City of Joburg shuttered task team that should have cleaned up building in which 73 died

Business Maverick

City of Joburg shuttered task team that should have cleaned up building in which 73 died

By Ferial Haffajee

‘They told me [my son] was dead’ — mother recounts horror of Joburg fire

South Africa

‘They told me [my son] was dead’ — mother recounts horror of Joburg fire

By Bheki C. Simelane

City of Johannesburg points finger at NGOs and foreign nationals after deadly fire

South Africa

City of Johannesburg points finger at NGOs and foreign nationals after deadly fire

By Nonkululeko Njilo

Images of heartbreak, death and dying from the Johannesburg fire

South Africa

Images of heartbreak, death and dying from the Johannesburg fire

By Felix Dlangamandla