A witness held at the Lindela Repatriation Centre after the fire in the Usindiso building told the commission of inquiry headed by retired judge Sisi Khampepe when food became scarce at the Hofland recreational centre, people started to fend for themselves and order was lost.
Busisiwe Mhlebi, from the Eastern Cape, sobbed on Wednesday as she told the commission of inquiry into the Usindiso building fire about waking up after being in hospital for two days and being told her 16-year-old daughter had died.
A witness has told the commission of inquiry into the fire at the Usindiso building that an unnamed Johannesburg councillor could have been a landlord of shacks inside the building.