City of Joburg’s MMC for housing, Mlungisi Mabaso said the building owner’s phone just rings and is not answered, despite numerous calls for the building owners to come forward.
Midrand apartment fire: Building owners apparently blue-ticking City of Joburg, shoddy partitioning flagged
“The EMS search and rescue team has recovered a body of a female in Broadwalk Urban Village. The body was submerged under rubble and the roof that had collapsed during the fire incidents,” said Khumalo. Officials from government spent Thursday touring the gutted building, seeking to find clues of what caused the residential complex which has around 130 units.broadcaster Newzroom Afrika“Yes, it is a privately owned building but we do have a responsibility as government to ensure that all the private developments are compliant and that our residents are looked after and are protected.
As the City of Joburg tries to engage the property owners, Mabaso said the business people are nowhere to be found. “We have been trying to locate the owner and the owner is not returning our calls. We have tried everything to reach out to the owners of that particular property but they are nowhere to be found.”
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