TimesLive reports that the body of a construction worker who on Monday fell down a hole that he and his colleagues had dug in Etwatwa‚ Daveyton‚ has been recovered.  

Ekurhuleni Metro Police spokesman Clifford Shongwe said on Tuesday that the body was recovered more than 12 hours after the worker plunged into the six-metre deep hole that had been dug for piping.  Rescue workers had had difficulty recovering his body because the unstable ground had on two occasions collapsed‚ further burying the man.  The worker was perched on scaffolding when he fell into the hole after the ground became unstable.  An investigation will be conducted to verify whether safety precautions were observed by the contractor.

• A short report by Naledi Shange is at TimesLive

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