George building collapse: Macpherson vows to provide answers to survivors, victims' families

CAPE TOWN - Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson has promised to provide answers to survivors and families of victims of the George building collapse.

Thirty-four construction workers lost their lives when a five-storey building collapsed, burying them under 6,000 tonnes of rubble on 6 May 2024.

Sixty-two workers were on site at the time, and 28 of them were pulled out from underneath the rubble alive.

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Macpherson attended the commemoration service in George on Tuesday to mark the first anniversary of the tragic incident.

The public works minister said a report by the Engineering Council of South Africa will be made public at the end of May.

He said the report investigated the conduct of the engineers on site, and what action should be taken against them.

"I have committed to the families that I will come and present the report in person to them because I believe that they deserve the dignity of that. We will then hand over the report to the South African [Police] Service."

No one has been held accountable for the tragedy yet, as the police continue with their investigation.