DStv Channel 403 Friday, 29 November 2024

George building collapse | 18 out of 33 victims identified

GEORGE - Eighteen of the 33 George building collapse tragedy victims have been identified. 

Seven of them are South Africans with the others from Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Lesotho.

Search and rescue teams are combing through the rubble as 19 construction workers are still unaccounted for. 

READ: GEORGE BUILDING COLLAPSE DEATH TOLL RISES TO 33

The multi-storey building caved last Monday with an estimated 81 people on site.

Twelve patients injured during the incident are recovering in hospital.

Labour and Employment Minister Thulas Nxesi is expected to visit the area on Thursday.

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