JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Search dogs looked for bodies on Friday in a Johannesburg building that went up in flames killing dozens and forcing South Africa to confront an illegal housing 'crisis'.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Search dogs looked for bodies on Friday in a Johannesburg building that went up in flames killing dozens and forcing South Africa to confront an illegal housing"crisis".
The fire has reopened a debate about so-called hijacked buildings -- old disused blocks that have fallen under the control of criminal syndicates who collect rent from squatters. During the apartheid era, black South Africans would go there for papers allowing them to access white areas for work. After years of sanctions during the 1980s, the advent of democracy in 1994 saw many white-owned businesses move out to security-fenced suburbs.
"This leads to overcrowding, there are no toilets, no electricity and no water," he said, describing the fire as a"catastrophe waiting to happen". Residents told AFP each of the five floors had a gate that was kept locked at night to keep out police and possible intruders.House fires are relatively common in South Africa, plagued by chronic power outages, where poverty and homelessness are widespread.
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