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Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi announced an inquiry into the fire. [19] While government officials blamed the crisis on NGOs, who prevented the previous attempts to evict occupiers from similar properties, [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ] NGOs and inner city property owners argued that it was the duty of the City of Johannesburg to maintain buildings ...
At least 73 dead in Johannesburg fire. Thursday 31 August 2023 09:32, Maryam Zakir-Hussain. The death toll from the Johannesburg building fire has now risen to 73, state broadcaster SABC has reported.
The fire broke out around 1:30 a.m. local time, when many people inside the building were asleep. South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa called it a “tragedy.” Fire worst in recent memory
A nighttime fire ripped through a rundown five-story building in Johannesburg that was occupied by homeless people and squatters, killing at least 73 people early Thursday, emergency services in ...
On 2 January 2022, just after 05:00 am (), the City of Cape Town's Fire & Rescue Service were notified of a fire at the parliamentary complex.The fire started on the third floor of the National Council of Provinces building and spread to the office space and the gymnasium, before spreading to the National Assembly.
The Boksburg explosion took place on 24 December 2022, when a fuel tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) exploded underneath a railway bridge in Boksburg, in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, [1] with a death toll of 41 people as of 18 January 2023. [2]
Gauteng: 3.8 10 km The second earthquake in South Africa in less than three weeks. [20] No reports of injuries. [21] The Council for Geoscience (CGS) in South Africa reported an earthquake of 3.8 with two aftershocks occurring within minutes of each other of 3.2 and 2.0 respectively. [22] 31 October 2019 13:20 Near Port Shepstone: KwaZulu-Natal ...
At least 73 dead in Johannesburg fire. Thursday 31 August 2023 09:32, Maryam Zakir-Hussain. The death toll from the Johannesburg building fire has now risen to 73, state broadcaster SABC has reported.