South Africa fire: What are Johannesburg's hijacked buildings?
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Many blocks in inner-city Johannesburg, the scene of a deadly fire, are deemed unfit to live in.

Many buildings in the centre of the South African city of Johannesburg, where a horrific fire has killed more than 70 people, are deemed unfit to live in.

Yet these old blocks, abandoned by their owners or the city authorities, are full of families often paying rent to criminal gangs who run them...

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