Thirty-three people died in May when the almost-complete apartment block caved in while at least 62 people were on the site. (Alfonso Nqunjana/News24)
A preliminary report into the widely publicised collapse of a building in George has been handed over to the provincial government – about three months after the incident, according to Western Cape Premier Alan Winde.
Winde was responding to opposition parties during a debate on his opening of the legislature on Thursday.
He confirmed that the province received the report on its own investigation.
“The department of local government is currently working through that report, and it will more than likely be tabled at our next cabinet meeting. That should give us an indication [whether] we got sufficient [information] to lay charges and to do whatever we need to do,” he added. Â
Thirty-three people died in May when the almost-complete apartment block caved in while at least 62 people were on the site.
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