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Former Johannesburg mayor and leader of ActionSA Herman Mashaba says the fire in one of the buildings that led to the death of dozens of people was a disaster waiting to happen.<\/p>\n
He accused NGOs and the ANC of blocking him from removing people who were illegally occupying hijacked buildings.<\/p>\n
Mashaba, who was mayor between 2016 and 2019, said he was insulted when he raised red flags about hazardous buildings.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs far as I am concerned, this was an accident bound to happen. When I brought this potential tragedy to South Africans, some people and human rights lawyers unleashed insults and name-calling against me, including the ANC reporting me to the SAHRC (South African Human Rights Commission),\u201d said Mashaba.<\/p>\n
IFP MPL in Gauteng and party provincial leader, Bonginkosi Dhlamini said they were shocked by the number of people killed in the fire.<\/p>\n
He said the incident points to the City of Johannesburg\u2019s failure to crackdown on hijacked buildings.<\/p>\n
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