News24 reports that Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has indicated that criminal charges are on the cards for those responsible for the George building collapse that claimed the lives of 34 construction workers on 6 May 2024.

Macpherson briefed the media ahead of his budget vote speech in Parliament on Wednesday. He said he had received the final report by the Engineering Council of SA (ECSA) into the deadly incident. The long-awaited report was commissioned through the Council for the Built Environment and, according to the Minister, it outlines a damning picture of preventable errors, regulatory failures, and professional negligence. “From what I’ve seen, I think that criminal charges are obviously required and I think that criminality does exist,” Macpherson commented.

• Read the original of the short report in the above regard by Marvin Charles at News24 (subscription / trial registration required)

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