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Secretary to Parliament Xolile George informed the media about the outcomes of the legislature's investigation into the January 2022 Fire.

Had Parliament not placed its own Security Staff on leave during the holiday season of 2021/22, the fire that razed the National Assembly and destroyed much of the Old Assembly wing would never have occurred.

The parliamentary buildings are now being repaired at a cost of R2 billion.

On 2 January 2022, South Africans awoke from their post-New Years' celebration slumber to the news an inferno was raging at Parliament. 

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