Gauteng Deputy Judge President Roland Sutherland has raised concerns on largely unaddressed fire safety risks at the Johannesburg High Court.
Gauteng Deputy Judge President Roland Sutherland says the largely unaddressed fire safety risks at the Johannesburg High Court – which resulted in emergency services finding it would be unsafe to send fire fighters into the building – are now a ‘life-or-death” situation.
“There are hundreds of people who work in this building every day, never mind the hundreds who come here as professionals or witnesses or whatever the case might be. And there’s at least a moral responsibility on me for the safety of people in the building,” he told News24.
“This is why I’m taking this step. I’ve run out of road. What does one do? Do I wait until after there’s a fire and say, ‘I’m awfully sorry, folks’?”
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