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Disappearance of ‘crucial’ state witnesses casts shadow over Usindiso fire trial

22 August at 05:29 AM, via SowetanLIVE

As the trial of the self-confessed arsonist in the deadly Usindiso building fire continues, uncertainty hangs over the fate of seven “key” witnesses the state says cannot be traced.Criminologist Guy Lamb told Sowetan the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) was likely to face challenges in securing a conviction without these witnesses physically appearing in court.

Son’s poor health helps fire victim acquire house

22 August at 04:00 AM, via SowetanLIVE

Sithembiso Ndebele’s shack in Denver was broken into twice and for her safety and that of his sickly son, she asked government officials to relocate her family to a safer place. Ndebele, 31, now lives in a proper house in Lufhereng in western Soweto that she was allocated so her 11-year-old son, who is living with hydrocephalus (water on the brain) and is partially blind, could have a stable home.

Usindiso survivors face new terror

22 August at 04:00 AM, via SowetanLIVE

A woman who survived one of SA’s most devastating fires, which claimed the lives of 76 people in the Joburg CBD, has told of how tragedy struck for the second time when she was hit by two stray bullets while sleeping.

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