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Thirty-four construction workers were killed in the collapse or died later as a result of their injuries. Sixty-two people were on site at the time of the collapse, many of whom were rescued alive in a ten-day rescue and recovery operation. The last survivor was rescued on Friday 10 May after 5 days (118 hours) trapped under the rubble.
More than a day after the apartment building collapsed, rescuers are still searching for 41 people still unaccounted for in the southern coastal city of George.
Authorities said 26 workers had now been rescued from the site where the five-story building collapsed Monday while under construction in George, about 400 kilometers (250 miles) east of Cape Town on South Africa’s south coast. An additional 42 people are believed to be still buried in the debris of concrete and metal scaffolding.
Officials said in a statement that of 81 people who were on site when the five-story building collapsed on Monday in the city of George, east of Cape Town, 13 were confirmed dead, 29 were alive ...
George is a popular tourist destination, along the scenic Garden Route in Western Cape province. The five-storey apartment block collapsed while it was under construction. All the people trapped ...
It was acquired by the Davenport Hotel LLC in a 2021 deal worth about $4.2 million. [1] It was badly damaged during the August 2020 Midwest derecho. [2] Days before the apartment collapsed, a structural engineer noted that the brick façade was deformed. Repair work started on May 25, but according to the Quad-City Times, part of the building ...
VBS Mutual Bank was a South African mutual bank. In 2018 it was declared insolvent and bankrupt and placed under curatorship, with South African citizens and taxpayers defrauded out of roughly R 2 billion. It was formed as Venda Building Society in 1982, and became a mutual bank in 1992. [2] By 2016 the bank reportedly had around 30,000 ...
May 17, 2024 at 7:54 AM. JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Officials in the South African city of George halted the search for survivors and more bodies on Friday at the site of a collapsed building where ...