The deaths of 17 people in four building incidents have exposed serious cracks in the country’s building safety system, with investigations pointing to weak enforcement, inadequate oversight, and professional failures.
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson said the incidents demanded more from the government than expressions of sympathy... answers were needed.
Macpherson released the findings in Pretoria yesterday, following investigations into incidents in Redcliffe in Verulam, Doornkop in Soweto, Sea Point in Cape Town, and Ormonde in Johannesburg.
He said the incidents had different causes but exposed recurring weaknesses across the country’s built-environment system.
“The principal problem identified by these investigations is inconsistent implementation, inadequate oversight, weak enforcement, and non-compliance.”
