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Siyamkhumbuza Ngomane is still in shock about how he survived the collapse of a building under construction in George. (Supplied/Siyamkhumbuza Ngomane)
Siyamkhumbuza Ngomane is still in shock about how he survived the collapse of a building under construction in George, saying he was able to walk away from the scene.
Ngomane was among the construction workers who were inside when the multi-storey building collapsed on Monday afternoon.
By late on Tuesday night, 41 workers were unaccounted for, 27 were retrieved from the concrete and attended to, and seven were dead.
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