MacPherson meets with building collapse survivors this weekend

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean MacPherson, will be in George this Saturday, 19 July, to personally meet with the survivors and families affected by the Victoria Street building collapse of 2024.

- Alida de Beer

During the first commemoration of the tragic incident on 6 May, MacPherson promised to return to George to share the findings of the Engineering Council of South Africa's (Ecsa) investigations to the families. The Ecsa report was handed over to him in early June.

During a media briefing on Wednesday 9 July, which also marked MacPherson's first year in office, he confirmed the date of the meeting in George. The Citizen reports that MacPherson had said during the briefing that the collapse had been entirely preventable. “Accountability cannot be optional when lives are lost due to human error.”