The City of Johannesburg has defended its decision to relocate victims of the Marshalltown fire to tin shack settlement that has no electricity where residents are forced to share a single communal tap and toilets.
After Colleen Makhubele was fired from COPE, her position as Speaker in the Joburg council has been left vacant. Eyewitness News reporter Alpha Ramushwana explains what this means and who is likely to take over.
Survivors of the Marshalltown fire have been allocated corrugated iron structures newly erected by the City of Joburg in Denver. These shelters have been reserved for South Africans - and it is not yet clear where migrants have been moved to.