Anglican Archbishop of Southern Africa and President of the SA Council of Churches Thabo Makgoba says an urgent investigation to quickly determine the safety of buildings and the safety of people to live in Joburg city centre is necessary.
This follows the blast and road collapse in Bree street last night, now known as Lilian Ngoyi, in which one person was killed and at least eight others were injured.He has extended his condolences to deceased’s family and wished a speedy recovery to the injured.
“I join those who pray for the victims and I call for an urgent investigation as to the cause of what has happened and particularly, the inspection of buildings in the explosive site, so that we can tell if people can stay there or not, to avoid consequential problems, following this devastating explosion. I recall reading in 2018, Transnet and Sasol, warning about the possibility of such.
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says they are working on using the fingerprints of the person who died in the suspected gas blast in the Johannnesburg CBD to identify that person“We have taken the fingerprints of the said individual, that they will assess and analyse. The family members have not been notified. The fingerprints are going through electronic system to track the family of the deceased. There isn’t anyone who has reported anyone missing.
Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko visited some of them at the Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital. “We have here five patients including one pediatric patient who is still being assessed. And in Hillbrow, we had 13 and 10 have been discharged. And three have been transferred to Charlotte Maxeke. At Garden City, we had two and one discharged. One has been admitted. At Mulbarton two patients are still in hospital. All the 24 patients at Southern have been discharged,” Nkomo-Ralehoko explains.
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