Usindiso building fire | Alleged arsonist back in the dock

JOHANNESBURG - The man who confessed to setting fire to the Usindiso building in the Joburg CBD is back in court.

Sthembiso Mdlalose is on trial at the Palm Ridge magistrate's court.

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He faces charges of murder, attempted murder, and arson.

The charges are related to the blaze at the Usindiso building in August 2023, claiming over 70 lives.

Mdlalose told an inquiry into the fire that he set the building alight while trying to dispose of a body.

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