A man on trial for the deadly Usindiso fire that killed 76 people and injured 12 others said he had lied about having started the fire because he wanted to go to prison as he knew he would get food and shelter there.
Sithembiso Mdlalose, 32, broke down in tears while in the dock at Palm Ridge magistrate’s court on Wednesday as he read his statement in which he said he spent three living years on the street and could not go back to that life.
