Six people have died after a fire at a block of flats in central Pretoria. It is believed that the flat residents died while trying to escape the fire. Protesting residents of the neighbouring Schubart park who were being evicted from the building allegedly started the fire.
Over 400 people were evicted from a piece of vacant industrial land in Johannesburg.The illegal occupants set their homes on fire in protest of the eviction and demolition of their homes and they are angry because no provisions were made to move them to a suitable residential area or vacant land