George building collapse survivor says he 'can't do anything' after incident

CAPE TOWN - One of the George building collapse survivors told EWN that the tragedy changed his life for the worse.

On this day last year, 34 construction workers were killed when a five-storey building under construction caved in.

Twenty-eight others survived, some with permanent injuries, in one of the country’s worst construction incidents.

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The survivors and families of the deceased have filled up the George Town Hall, with tears streaming down their faces as their loved ones are being remembered.

Shadrack Maine was one of the construction workers who was seriously injured, losing an arm and a leg when the development known as 75 Victoria collapsed.

He told EWN that life had been difficult for him and his family since then.

"I’m suffering because it was me who was working and I was doing everything for my child, my family. But now I can’t do anything because my arm and leg have been amputated, so I can’t work."

Maine said that he came all the way from Lesotho to attend the ceremony honouring him and his fallen colleagues.