Khampepe inspects cardboard shacks in Joburg multistorey flats to avoid another Usindiso

Former Constitutional Court judge and inspectors are visiting abandoned or hijacked buildings

03 July 2024 - 21:30

Broken windows and decaying corrugated iron sheets characterise a derelict block of flats in downtown Johannesburg and tell a terrifying tale of neglect over many decades...

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