Fires Flare Up Again at South African Parliament in Cape Town

A blaze at South Africa’s parliament buildings in Cape Town flared up again on Monday afternoon.

Flames re-emerged at the roof the National Assembly building, Moloto Mothapo, parliament’s spokesman, said on Twitter. The fires that first broke out Sunday morning have caused extensive damage to the legislative buildings.

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[fern]

Either they’re incompetent, or corrupt… Probably both 🤷🏻‍♂️

[LetterSignedBySpiesWasA-Coup]

Kind of symbolic of the country itself, going down in flames.

[fern]

In the VID I don’t see a drop of water fighting the flames ❗️

[hlengiwecarol]

What happening in this world, this thing is a foolish thing act🤷🏼‍♀️

[georgewbushcenterforintell]

When u put the bkls in charge u get south Africa . it's a wonderful place most people love living there .

[christianfreedom-seeker]

I have been hearing so little about what has been going on in South Africa. Sounds like the ANC got what they wanted: Anarchy. South Africa SHOULD NEVER HAVE YEILDED THEIR NATION TO MARXISTS!!!!

[LucasMartin-imub]

These are natural wild fires sparked by the massive inequities that the poor non wight pipol suffer.