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The tally of retrieved patients pulled from the debris of the collapsed building in George has risen to 36. This was as of 5:33am, on Wednesday morning, after a multi-disciplinary rescue team continued working throughout the night. Video: Ayanda Ndamane/Independent Newspapers

Around 200 emergency personnel from the City of Cape Town, Worcester, and Breede Valley have been roped in to assist in the rescue operations of trapped workers after a building collapsed in George on Monday.

At a media briefing on Tuesday, the authorities said the main concern was the plight of those who were still trappedintherubble.

Services at the scene where a building under construction on Victoria Street has collapsed in George. Photographer Ayanda Ndamane /IndependentNewspapers

George Municipality confirmed that a total of four patients have been declared deceased; 24 have been removed from the rubble of the collapsed multi-story construction site, leaving 51 people unaccounted for.

The death toll from the collapse of a five-storey building which was under construction at a site in George, Western Cape, has risen to five.

Services at the scene where a building under construction on Victoria Street has collapsed in George. Photographer Ayanda Ndamane /IndependentNewspapers

George Municipality confirmed that a total of four patients have been declared deceased; 24 have been removed from the rubble of the collapsed multi-story construction site, leaving 51 people unaccounted for

Construction of the Wilmar Palm Oil Refinery in Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone has already created more than 1373 jobs.

Construction of the Wilmar Palm Oil Refinery in Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone has already created more than 1373 jobs.

Local social media was recently awash with a startling video showcasing the dire extent of flooding at Northern Cape High School's sports grounds in Kimberley. The source of the flooding predicament lies in an unexpected quarter: clean, purified drinking water, intended for the residents of Kimberley, that cascades from the Newton Reservoir and inundates the rugby fields, tennis courts, hockey fields and netball courts.

The eThekwini Municipality’s Inner City Regeneration Programme began on Friday with the demolition of China Emporium after a blaze ripped through mainly the lower levels of the building on Dr Pixley KaSeme Street on January 21, 2022, and has remained an eyesore ever since.

Political party leaders proposed solutions to solve the water supply issues in the Inanda, Ntuzuma and KwaMashu during a town hall meeting in KwaMashu.

Ricardo Fitzpatrick, the reigning African Bench Press Champion and current South African Champion, is seen in action in his local gym in Kimberley. Fitzpatrick is seen pushing 190 kilogrammes in preparation for the Asian, African, and Pacific Bench Press Championships in Potchefstroom, followed by the Commonwealth Bench Press Championships in Sun City, and culminating with the African Bench Press Championships again in Potchefstroom, spanning from October to November 2024.

The criminal case against a taxi boss charged with serious crimes including murder is ready for trial. Bonke Makalala was arrested in Pretoria in December for the illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition. He was with his girlfriend at the time of his arrest. Yesterday, he appeared in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on six charges dating back to 2018. Video: Mandilkahe Tshwete

In the incident that happened on Monday morning just before 9 am, a 47-year-old man was robbed just outside the the mall's entrance on Doncaster Road.

Beacon Hill High School in Beacon Valley has “created and developed leaders since their inception.” On Saturday April 20 alumni, former principals, pupils, parents, teachers and the community celebrated Beacon Hill High School’s 40-year anniversary milestone.

Rene Daniels, a social worker at Mitchell’s Plain Community Health Centre invited several organisations, which assist the homeless, to the MPCHC last Thursday when the mobile wash trailer was stationed there. The trailer can serve up to 40 people a day and will return to the centre every two weeks. Read the the full story at www.plainsman.co.za