With fire that took place in one of the Joburg CBD buildings yesterday and

forced a man to jump to his death, while six others died of smoke

inhalation. More than 50 people were rescued from the building using a

crane with a ladder…

Joburg is struggling with a huge number of hijacked buildings that are

sometimes used for criminal purposes like kidnapping...but they still places

for people to live.

What does it really take to hijack a building?

To talk to us

Greg Vermaak

Attorney –Vermaak and Partners

(An attorney who has for 20 years specialised in hijacked buildings in

Johannesburg through his property protection practice)