Cultural Ceremony Held On Site Of George Building Collapse

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cultural ceremony held on site of george building collapse

There has been a cultural ceremony on site of the building which collapsed in George in the Western Cape more than a week ago. The body of one of the workers, 59-year-old Andile Magxwalisa, was brought to the site.

He was one of the 81 people working when the multi-storey building collapsed over a week ago.

Magxwalisas remains will now be taken to the Eastern Cape for burial.

The death toll in the disaster stands at 33 , with 19 people still unaccounted for.

Meanwhile, the formal identification process has been completed by the victim identification centre and forensic pathology service.

Eighteen victims - 14 males and 4 females - have been identified, of which 7 are South African, 3 Zimbabwean, 5 Malawian, 2 Mozambican and 1 person from Lesotho.

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