pumza fihlani there in _ people to get out in time. pumza fihlani there in johannesburg. .d wales are to be given new powers to sack officers found guilty of gross misconduct. an overhaul of disciplinary processes was prompted by recent high—profile cases of officers committing rape and murder including the conviction of wayne couzens, who was a serving metropolitan police officer when he kidnapped and murdered sarah everard, and the serial rapist david carrick. our home editor, mark easton, reports. what is your relationship with vihaan malhotra? he's my cousin, ma'am... the frustration of pursuing bent coppers has seen sunday night tv drama echo the real world of policing. the head of scotland yard, sir mark rowley, is among a number of police chiefs have been pushing the government to give them more powers to identify and sack rogue officers. the further people are away from it, the more forgiving they are of the behaviour, is what i've seen. so i want the powers to be able to deal with this. since disciplinary hearings became independent of the police seven years ago, t

our correspondent, pumza fihlani joined us from johannesburg to tell us more.ell, authorities here injohannesburg have told us that, sadly, it has moved from a rescue mission to a recovery operation, as they believe that anyone that is found at this stage is unlikely to be found alive. it's also put a harsh spotlight on what is happening in the city centre ofjohannesburg, stories around abandoned buildings that then get taken over by what have been described as by authorities as criminal gangs who rent them out to desperate people are not new. but this is perhaps one of the harshest realities that we are seeing of what can happen in in such buildings there. at the moment, some of the city's authorities are down there wanting to speak to people, to try and work out what sort of help is needed. that death toll that we currently know sits at more than 60 people is feared that it is going to rise because authorities are still working through gaining access into different and deeper parts of that building. you mentioned a description that's been used by authorities

our correspondent in johannesburg, pumza fihlani, sent this report.iercing screams as a fire rages through a building in the heart ofjohannesburg. home to hundreds, residents have described the horror of people clamouring to get to the nearest exit as smoke filled the building's narrow corridors. many were not that lucky. the actual fire escape was closed, so there was a lot of people, you know, a lot of people with smoke, people were suffocated, a lot of people died because of the smoke, because there was a lot of pressure, some of the gates were closed. as bodies are pulled out of the gutted building onto the street, grief sets in for some of the survivors. the reality of their loss sinking in. many of those who have died are said to be burnt beyond recognition. hours later, and the flames are finally out. this has now become a recovery operation, emergency workers have said. officials have told the bbc that it is unlikely that any more survivors will be found. they still do not know the cause of the fire. since this is a hijacked or abandoned build

let's bring on our correspondent, pumza fihlani, who was listening. hear in detail from those city officials exactly what happened. seven children died, and they are still going through the wreckage trying to find out if there are more who have died in this place? in are more who have died in this lace? ., . ., , , , are more who have died in this lace? , , place? in fact, those numbers may have changed _ place? in fact, those numbers may have changed in _ place? in fact, those numbers may have changed in the _ place? in fact, those numbers may have changed in the last _ place? in fact, those numbers may have changed in the last few - have changed in the last few minutes. we are now hearing that as many as 13 children may have died in that fire. i was speaking to officials to get a picture of the living conditions inside the building. we get a sense that it was a building that was overcrowded, with as many as ten people sometimes living in an apartment that should how is no more than two people. these are some of the things that made it difficult to n

really graphic account from just one of the survivors. 0ur correspondent in johannesburg, pumza fihlanisent this report. piercing screams ring out in the dead of night as a fire rages through a building in the heart ofjohannesburg. home to hundreds, residents have described the horror of people clamouring to get to the nearest exit as smoke filled the building's narrow corridors. many were not that lucky. the actual fire escape was closed, so there was a lot of people, you know, a lot of people with smoke, people were suffocated, a lot of people died because of the smoke, because there was a lot of pressure, some of the gates were closed. as bodies are pulled out of the gutted building onto the street, grief sets in for some of the survivors. the reality of their loss sinking in. many of those who have died are said to be burnt beyond recognition. hours later, and the flames are finally out. this has now become a recovery operation, emergency workers have said. officials have told the bbc that it is unlikely that any more survivors will be found. they still do not know the cause of the

let's talk to our correspondent injohannesburg, pumza fihlani.hasn't it? apologies. clearly that line failing as they are injohannesburg. we were just are injohannesburg. we werejust listening a little earlier to a news conference from johannesburg, taking us through some of the details of this terrible event. these are the live pictures from johannesburg. we were hearing earlier that the president was due to give a national address. he cancelled and instead decided to head to the scene of that fire overnight. you can see the state of the building now after the fire has been put out. throughout the day they had been going through those rooms. we were hearing in a news conference terrible details about what they were finding inside, the bodies they were recovering, the difficulties in identifying many of those people. certainly one of those gates that they were trying to get through had been locked and they were trapped there in part of that building. the numbers have been arising throughout the course of today and we know now that at least 12 chi

our correspondent, pumza fihlani sent this update from johannesburg a short while ago.hey believe that anyone that is found at this stage is unlikely to be found alive. it's also put a harsh spotlight on what is happening in the city centre ofjohannesburg, stories around abandoned buildings that then get taken over by what have been described as by authorities as criminal gangs who rent them out to desperate people are not new. but this is perhaps one of the harshest realities that we are seeing of what can happen in in such buildings there. you will have up to ten families living in a small room. it makes sense why people struggle to get out of there. a connections are often used by their landlords to try and bring in power to the building. there also pose a safety hazard. that is what we are starting to see. it's unclear what caused the fire, but it is clear that the conditions that the people were living in were not helpful. loren landau is a professor of migration at the university of the witwatersrand injohannesburg. it's good to talk to you, albeit under sad circu