Joburg CBD fire survivor lost daughter to blaze in 2020 – Medical Marijuana Program Connection

About last week’s incident, George-Phiri said she was watching TV when she heard noise outside.

“I opened the door and there was fire coming from the ground floor. I went back to get my children. While I was walking down the stairs, I realised that my four-year-old boy was not with me, and I went back inside. At that moment half of the building was already in a blaze. I used the other entrance and found him (her son) okay,” she said. 

As much as George-Phiri is happy to have a place to sleep and food to eat, she is worried about her three children who will go to school without uniform. Her son is in pre-school, her daughter in grade 1 while the older one is in grade 2. 

“Since we moved here everything is okay. There is lots of food. But the problem is that we live in one place and come from different cultures. Some people make noise and smoke dagga. That is the only problem. As a result, I am moving out to a friend’s place who lives in town because my children must go to school tomorrow [today].” 

“I am going to speak to the school to allow them to wear their normal clothes until I have money to buy uniform. I survive by selling clothes in Woodmead and my stock burnt with everything in that room.” 

Joburg City vendor Funuell Magnus told Sowetan that he lost a stock of R20,000 in the blaze.

“I make traditional wear outfits and sell them in the streets of Johannesburg. I was staying on the 3rd floor of the building, and I was able to jump from the…