IN PICS | Another Usindiso building waiting to happen in Doornfontein

Sunday Times finds yet another building with shacks inside which places people's lives in danger

25 August 2024 - 00:00

Entering this gloomy, dilapidated four-storey building in Doornfontein sends chills down my spine. The living conditions here are eerily similar to those of the Usindiso building about 2km away, where 76 people died in a blaze a year ago this week. ..

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