LISTEN | Filth, faeces and mystery landlords: life in a hijacked building in Joburg’s CBD

With a rent of R650, there is no security and the landlord’s name is even unknown

31 August 2023 - 21:39 By Penwell Dlamini

When Persuade Chimuke woke up to news of a fire in a hijacked building in the inner city on Thursday morning he thought about what would happen if such a thing happened in the building he lives in...

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