Skip to main content
Advertise Buy the paper Contact us Shop Subscribe Support us
World in brief: May 13, 2024

SOUTH AFRICA: Rescue teams in South Africa forged ahead with efforts today to find any survivors still trapped under rubble a week after an apartment building that was under construction collapsed. 

One of the construction workers was found alive over the weekend after six days without food and water.

Authorities said 24 construction workers who were on the site when the unfinished five-storey building collapsed have been confirmed dead, while another 28 are missing.

Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
More from this author
World / 16 January 2025
16 January 2025
While Israel stalls on ceasefire agreement, its military kills another 78 people in Gaza
World / 16 January 2025
16 January 2025
World / 15 January 2025
15 January 2025
Similar stories
World / 28 November 2024
28 November 2024
World / 11 March 2024
11 March 2024
World / 10 March 2024
10 March 2024