Police were ‘sleeping’ on the job when parliament burnt, probe finds
DA chief whip Siviwe Gwarube says the report’s details affirm that the fire was ‘caused by institutional failures’
18 October 2023 - 22:29
If police were not literally sleeping on the job, and parliament’s own security staff not placed on compulsory public holiday leave, the fire that gutted the national legislature could have been prevented...
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