‘We lived in tents for a year’: help is too slow, says past fire survivor

The shacks built by the City of Johannesburg are not safe as they also live with zama zamas

03 September 2023 - 00:00

By Penwell Dlamini

One of the residents who survived a fire that killed nine people at the Karzene building downtown Johannesburg has complained at the low pace of how government responded to their plight.

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