Johannesburg fire: Hijacks and death traps in a crumbling South African city centre
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Criminal gangs 'hijack' buildings in South Africa, and then they burn down. And no-one seems able to stop them.

Johannesburg's Central Business District is filled with buildings that look on the brink of collapse. Windows are boarded up and walls are covered in graffiti.

Streets are filled with detritus - food wrappers, empty beer bottles, cigarette butts - and a foul smell of rotten food combined with urine...

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