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Evidence status is dataset-family level. Row-level and field-level source labels still control where they are more specific.
This is a curated, source-dated tracker of documented building cases — not a live safety database or an exhaustive municipal register. Status labels describe what the linked record reported at its source snapshot date. They are not presented as live legal, occupancy, ownership or enforcement status unless a row is explicitly re-verified. Risk levels are Odyssey tracker classifications based on cited historical or source-dated records. They are not structural-engineering, fire-safety, emergency-response or legal determinations, and should not be used to decide whether a building or area is currently safe.
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Tracked source-dated records
13 direct status citations · 10 secondary status citations
188
Johannesburg figure cited in Jan 2026 reporting
Reported from City/GFIS records; not reverified here as a live citywide total
76
Usindiso deaths in latest NPA case update checked
NPA, 18 June 2026; earlier public reports used differing totals
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Rows presented as live current status
All tracker statuses remain source-dated snapshots
Enter your street or suburb to check for documented hijacked or derelict buildings within 2km.
Search covers the 23 source-dated records in this tracker. This is a curated tracker, not an exhaustive citywide building register. No nearby tracked row means only that Odyssey has no record from this sample within the search radius; it is not a safety clearance or proof that no problem building exists nearby.
Corner Jeppe and Nugget Streets, Johannesburg CBD
The City of Johannesburg recorded Remington Building as successfully redeveloped following a court-o...
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The City of Johannesburg recorded the M.O.T.H Building as declared unsafe, with the City instructed ...
View full profile →Johannesburg Central Business District
The City of Johannesburg recorded Vannin Building as declared unsafe, with evacuation and relocation...
View full profile →Johannesburg Inner City
The City of Johannesburg recorded CASA MIA as declared unfit for habitation, with occupants to be re...
View full profile →Johannesburg Inner City
Daily Maverick's 20 January 2026 reporting on court papers described a court order and severe deteri...
View full profile →Johannesburg Inner City
The City of Johannesburg recorded Wimbledon Building on Wolmarans Street as declared unsafe, with re...
View full profile →Corner Alberts and Delvers Streets, Marshalltown, Johannesburg
A Gauteng government source recorded the Usindiso fire and the appointment of a commission to invest...
View full profile →Delvers Street, Johannesburg CBD
The City of Johannesburg recorded Delvers Building as declared unsafe, scheduled for demolition on 2...
View full profile →Jeppestown, Johannesburg
The cited 26 August 2024 reporting recorded a Jeppestown building fire that killed four people and d...
View full profile →Marshalltown, Johannesburg (near Village Main Road and Loveday Road)
The cited 20 December 2025 reporting described an MMC-led multi-agency inspection in Marshalltown an...
View full profile →44 Nugget Street, Johannesburg CBD
Daily Maverick reported on 31 August 2023 that the City-owned Express Building at 44 Nugget Street w...
View full profile →Doornfontein, Johannesburg
Daily Maverick reported on 31 August 2023 that Platinum Place had been cleared of illegal occupants ...
View full profile →Berea, Johannesburg
Property Wheel reported on 28 May 2024 that two Berea apartment buildings owned by Trafalgar Propert...
View full profile →564 Anton Lembede Street, Durban CBD
Fire on 21 January 2022 injured 13 people. eThekwini obtained a court order after the owner failed t...
View full profile →44 Lancers Road, corner University Avenue, Durban
City-owned building earmarked for social housing that became associated with unlawful activity. Ille...
View full profile →85 Anton Lembede Street, Durban CBD
A 14 November 2025 GCIS report on the Presidential eThekwini Working Group identified 85 Anton Lembe...
View full profile →516 Dr Pixley KaSeme Street, Durban CBD
A 14 November 2025 GCIS report on the Presidential eThekwini Working Group identified 516 Dr Pixley ...
View full profile →104 Darling Street, Cape Town CBD
GroundUp reported on 10 March 2025 that residents at the DPWI-owned 104 Darling Street building face...
View full profile →2 Keizersgracht Road, District Six, Cape Town
The cited May 2024 reporting described City of Cape Town fines and problem-building enforcement invo...
View full profile →1 Jan Smuts Drive, Maitland, Cape Town
The cited May 2024 reporting described City of Cape Town fines and problem-building enforcement invo...
View full profile →Old Woodstock Hospital Complex, Mountain Road, Woodstock, Cape Town
The Western Cape Government stated on 9 October 2024 that Woodstock Hospital, owned by the City of C...
View full profile →1 Beach Road, Green Point, Cape Town
Parliament stated on 13 November 2025 that the Helen Bowden Nurses Home was illegally occupied and t...
View full profile →85 Voortrekker Road, Boston, Bellville, Cape Town
IOL reported on 5 September 2017 that around 70 people were evicted from the ten-storey Boston Centr...
View full profile →Criminal syndicates illegally occupy abandoned buildings — usually former offices vacated after apartheid — and rent rooms to people with nowhere else to go. Tenants pay rent to criminals, not legal owners.
The Constitutional Court requires municipalities to provide temporary emergency accommodation before evicting people. Johannesburg has a 500,000-unit housing backlog and cannot fulfil this requirement at scale.
No running water, no legal electricity, open fires for cooking and heating, overcrowding, illegal internal shacks — all in structurally compromised buildings. The 2023 Usindiso fire killed 77 people.
If you know of a hijacked or dangerous building not on this map, contact the City of Johannesburg's Emergency Line on 011 375 5911 or the Joburg Property Company at 011 217 4000.
Data integrity and legal notice
Status labels describe what the linked record reported at its source snapshot date. They are not presented as live legal, occupancy, ownership or enforcement status unless a row is explicitly re-verified. Risk levels are Odyssey tracker classifications based on cited historical or source-dated records. They are not structural-engineering, fire-safety, emergency-response or legal determinations, and should not be used to decide whether a building or area is currently safe. Of 23 tracked rows, 13 currently link directly to an official government or municipal source and 10 link to documented secondary reporting. Citation class does not mean the row has been reverified as current.
This is a curated tracker, not an exhaustive citywide building register. No nearby tracked row means only that Odyssey has no record from this sample within the search radius; it is not a safety clearance or proof that no problem building exists nearby. Odyssey does not provide structural engineering, emergency, occupancy, ownership or legal-status certification. The 188 Johannesburg figure is retained as a reported context figure from January 2026 reporting citing City/GFIS records, not asserted as a live count verified on this page.