CAPE TOWN - Parliament's Presiding Officers say the real work of restoring Parliament will intensify this year.
Monday marks a year since the National Assembly was gutted by a deliberate fire that ripped through several floors.
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The building's roof collapsed and offices belonging to members of Parliament were destroyed.
Parliament says the fire imposed a collective national trauma that will be etched in the minds of South Africans for years to come.