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BANGKOK - A total of 32 people have been confirmed dead, while 62 others remain missing following the collapse of a 30-storey building in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district, the Bangkok Metropolitan ...
The damning report reveals a tragedy that could have been avoided. NHRBC quality assesor, Isaac Hartley says they are commited to training inspectors and stakeholders to ensure that such incidents ...
Simelane briefed the media on Wednesday on the outcomes of the National Home Builders Regulatory Council [NHBRC] investigation into the George building collapse. The five-storey development ...
Department of Buildings officials say an 18-foot by 10-foot section of masonry wall surrounding the building's rooftop water tank collapsed, sending debris falling onto the back of the building.
Those complicit in the George building collapse that killed 34 people will be facing criminal charges, as more officials have been suspended over the tragedy. Minister of Human Settlements ...
The tragic collapse of the Neo Victoria building in George on that fateful day in 2024, which claimed the lives of 34 people and left many more injured, has prompted a thorough investigation that ...
Minister of Human Settlements, Thembi Simelane on 9 April 2025 briefs the media on the outcomes of the National Home Builders Regulatory Council’s investigation into a building that collapsed in ...
Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane said the devastating collapse of a building in George, Western Cape which claimed the lives of 34 construction workers was due to non-compliance with ...
The 2024 George building collapse investigation revealed unqualified personnel, registration irregularities, and violations of safety and construction standards, leading to the collapse that claimed ...
Recommendations arising from these investigations include holding implicated officials accountable for their actions. The minister says the charges that will be leveled against these officials ...
Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane has confirmed that negligence, manipulation of systems and the use of unqualified personnel had been behind the deadly building collapse in George, which ...
A member of the public obtained and released a copy of the first few pages of the Division of Criminal Investigation’s report into the deadly building collapse in downtown Davenport in May 2023.