The court case against the suspect who allegedly started the fire is delayed with a warning to the defence over dragging its heels. The commission, meanwhile, wraps up the first part of its investigation into the Usindiso fire, which killed 76 people last year.
Word began to spread in the Johannesburg city centre on Friday that Sithembiso Lawrence Mdlalose has been charged with arson, 76 counts of murder, and 86 counts of attempted murder.