[TOP STORY] George building collapse: Plans to move from rescue to recovery phase

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‘We are now approaching the 48-hour mark and the rescuers have attempted to take out all of those workers where they had heard signals or sounds coming from people under the rubble,’ says Leon van Wyk, executive mayor of the George Municipality.

8 May 2024 9AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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