Rescue teams on site remove rubble and bricks as the search for victims continues. (Luke Daniel/News24)
A George woman keeps reliving the sound of a trapped worker screaming under five storeys of concrete in the moments after the building they were working on collapsed.
Councillor Teresa Jeyi witnessed the building collapse on 75 workers on Monday afternoon from a balcony at a municipal office.
Jeyi said she was standing on the balcony while speaking to her colleague inside the building, which backs onto Victoria Street, where the construction was taking place.
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