JOHANNESBURG – Joburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda says the safety of homeless people in the city centre is a priority, and they will be moved elsewhere.
This follows an explosion in the Johannesburg CBD which has damaged roads.
Gwamanda says people should stay away from affected areas. He said, “what we have done for now is to ensure that homeless people have a place to be redirected to so they are not out in the public, most of the causalities we have sustained are pedestrians and bystanders.”
“We are assessing the integrity of the infrastructure, the buildings, and how the foundations may have been affected by the blast itself.”
“But so far, none of the building are showing signs of caving in.”
“Pedestrians are highly in danger, we have allocated a place at number 3 Kotze so that we make sure there’s no one on the streets…It is necessary and critical for their safety.”
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