uSindiso resident tells commission officials only came during elections
The commission of inquiry into the deadly uSindiso building fire has heard that government officials visited the hijacked building to canvass for votes.
More than 70 people were killed when a fire raged through the hijacked building in Marshalltown in the Johannesburg CBD last August.
One of the residents, Sithembiso Mdlalose, has since been arrested and is facing 76 counts of murder and 86 counts of attempted murder.
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Speaking through an interpreter, former resident Yandisa Mnqandi said residents would only see officials in the run-up to elections.
"Their officials, the people that they sent they come in...they were just saying vote for us."
