President Cyril Ramaphosa says the fire that ravaged a dilapidated building in Joburg was a wake-up call for the government to do more to provide adequate services to citizens.
President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks to journalists at the scene where more than 70 people were killed in a building fire in Johannesburg on 31 August 2023.President Cyril Ramaphosa said he wants laws and regulations that impede a faster government response to be changed. The president said the fire was a reminder that more needs to be done by the government to provide basic services such as housing.
He said there needs to be a complete overhaul of laws and regulations that impeded processes such as providing adequate housing. "The restrictions on development placed on us as the government are detrimental to development and progress. Red tape and restrictions impede us from doing right by our people. I have directed ministers and various people to get us to start looking at the unnecessary laws that would, if not changed, violate people's rights. "So people's rights need to be respected, but those rules, protocols and laws that we have a put in place need to be reviewed because they impede us.
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