The police said the 29-year-old confessed to starting the fire last August, which tore through a derelict, overcrowded building occupied by poor people.
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This after a witness admitted under oath to setting the uSindiso building on fire on 31 August last year, killing over 70 people and leaving hundreds of displaced.