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Oil-producing African nations argue they should be able to use fossil fuel resources for economic growthAfrican leaders and campaigners are at odds over the way forward for the continent as a critical climate summit begins in Nairobi.Some countries, su…
A government investigation about a Russian ship contradicts U.S. accusations that South Africa provided arms to fight Ukraine, President Cyril Ramaphosa said. But a government report won’t be released, he added.
An extensive paper trail reveals that the authorities in Johannesburg were warned repeatedly about the dangers in the derelict building where 76 people died in a fire this week.
An extensive paper trail reveals that the authorities in Johannesburg were warned repeatedly about the dangers in the derelict building where 76 people died in a fire this week.
Mourners gather outside 80 Albert Street amid criticisms of government response and lack of support for victims and familiesSouth African authorities were on Friday still searching for clues behind the cause of the most deadly fire in the country’s his…
The blaze, one of the worst residential ones in South Africa’s history, occurred in a building that officials and locals say had become an overcrowded death trap for the hundreds who lived there.
Blaze at five-storey block puts spotlight on dangerous state of ‘hijacked’ city buildings occupied by vulnerable residentsSurvivors of a fire that ripped through a building in Johannesburg described jumping out of windows to escape the flames, as quest…
Fires are common in Johannesburg, especially in poor areas. One of the poorest townships of Alexandra has seen hundreds of homes razed in several fires over the past five years.
The blaze struck an abandoned building that had become a crowded squatter settlement. The authorities were investigating the cause.
Seven children among dozens dead after blaze tears through building in South Africa’s largest cityAt least 73 people, including seven children, have died in a fire in a multi-storey building in the centre of Johannesburg, South Africa’s biggest city, e…