George building collapse survivor says she'll start healing once justice is served

CAPE TOWN - A survivor of the George building collapse said she would only start healing once justice had been served.

Vuyokazi Singama was one of 28 construction workers who suffered injuries when a five-storey building caved in on 6 May 2024.

Thirty-four other artisans were killed when the development under construction at 75 Victoria Road came down, crumbling.

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Some family members of the deceased construction workers were inconsolable, as residents of George honoured their loved ones at a commemoration ceremony at the local town hall on Tuesday.

EWN spoke to Singama, who survived the tragedy after being trapped under 6,000 tonnes of rubble for two days.

"Sometimes I did lose hope, but I was saying I must not lose it because I'm still alive, because even then they were talking to me and telling me that 'we are here, Vuyo we are going to take you out, just manage', so I tried."

She added that her life had not been the same since the incident.