A general view of a collapsed building in George on May 6, 2024. A multi-storey building under construction in South Africa's coastal city of George collapsed on May 6, 2024 trapping about 48 workers in the rubble, the city hall said.
Seventy people were on the site at the time of the collapse, of which 22 have been taken to hospital, a city spokeswoman said.
Mario Ferreira, spokesperson for the charity Gift of the Givers, assisting at the site, told AFP that rescue workers had "communication with some of the people under the rubble".
It was still unclear what caused the building, with an underground parking lot, to fall in the early afternoon. (Photo by Willie van Tonder / AFP)