The Department of Employment and Labour said the compensation fund will only be reviewed once the investigation into the cause of the collapse can be determined
Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.Search-and-rescue operations continue after a four-storey block of flats under construction in George collapsed on Monday.
The number of workers at the site was revised from the initial 75 people reported on Monday to 81, the department said, after it received records from project developer the Neo Victoria Development Group. He said that the Neotrend Group had submitted plans to the George municipality on 22 December 2022 and these had been approved in July last year.
But the department said when it visited Neo Victoria Developments’ offices in George, as part of its investigation, they were locked. “The day we arrived, we tried to make contact with the client — up until today there has been no response from that particular person, so we will proceed with our legal process,” the labour department’s chief investigator David Esau told a press briefing in George on Thursday afternoon.
The labour department said it had involved the departments of co-operative governance and traditional affairs; human settlements and international relations and co-operation in its investigation. Nxesi said a compensation fund for the workers would be discussed after the investigation by the police and the labour department had been completed.
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