tonight we dissect three reports on the concrete material that s closed schools due to safety fears. how many opportunities to solve the problem were missed over 60 years. we ll be speaking to the president of the institution of structural engineers. also tonight warnings that africa is facing a debt crisis worse than ever before. it s choices between building new roads that will provide access for food producers, social services, health and education or servicing debts. and as we head into a new term in parliament, our expert panel will talk us through the challanges facing parties with a general election inching closer. good evening. as more than a hundred schools in england make alternative arrangements for their students following instruction from the government, newnsight has seen evidence that risks associated with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete being refered to as raac were outlined as far back as 1961. although the material was deemed safe if used with p
in south africa for a building that has been taken over by squatters and undocumented immigrants. it has been described as one of the worst fire incidents in the city s recent history. the head of the emergency services injohannesburg says the cause of the fire is currently unclear. groups of people gathered outside the burnt building waiting fair use of their loved ones. our correspondent reports, and a warning that you may find her report distressing. the worst imaginable noise to wake up to people screaming, fire, fire, fire, in a building housing hundreds of people. residents trapped inside by a locked gate, unable to escape. their bodies now piled up. at least 12 children among the dead. i was watching out the window, all the buidling was fire, so i decided myself tojump first. ijumped down, my wife throw for me a baby, i catch him. i tell him to tie a bed sheet, she came down it, i catch. relief and shock etched on the faces of those who managed to escape, their hom
known as raac a type of concrete, that s known to be at risk of crumbling. meanwhile, in the last couple of hours another twist with the education secretary caught on camera voicing her frustrations about the media coverage. this is gillian keegan, after an interview with itv news. does anyone ever say, you know what, you ve done a bleep good job, because everyone else has sat - on their and done nothing? no signs of that, no? the footage was captured by itv news as the camera repositioned for extra shots at the end of an interview with the minister, while she was still wearing her microphone. in the last hour or so, gillian keegan has given another interview, apologising for those comments. have apologising for those comments. have a listen. gillian keegan, you said everyone else had sat on their as is, which suggests you think people hadn t been pulling their weight. who were you talking about? it was about nobody in particular. it was an off the cuff remark after th