Usindiso fire Inquiry resumes today - SABC News - Breaking news ...
The Khampepe Commission of Inquiry into the fire at the Usindiso building in the Johannesburg CBD is expected to resume today.
The commission was set up to investigate the deaths of 77 people in the fire at the hijacked building in August last year.
In May this year, the inquiry found that the City of Johannesburg and its entities were liable for the deaths.
The inquiry found that the poor state of the premises led to an extensive fire that destroyed the entire Usindiso building.
It also found that proper processes were not followed at the time to have the building properly converted to a residential building, with no land conversion having ever been undertaken.
The first part of the report, released in May this year, also found that the City of Johannesburg and the Johannesburg Property Company abandoned the Usindiso building in 2019.
The cause of the fire was arson.
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