Update
GEORGE NEWS - The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is still considering the evidence in the building collapse docket it received from the police's investigative team in February.
"We are being thorough due to the nature of the evidence we are dealing with," said the NPA's regional head of communications, Eric Ntabazalila.
He responded to a query from George Herald after a recent media statement had been issued by the impacted survivors and families, in which they expressed their ongoing distress in waiting for justice to be done. They wanted to know when the NPA would be launching the criminal case.
The second commemoration of the collapse, which was to be held at the 75 Victoria Street site on 6 May, had to be cancelled due to bad weather.
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Various investigation reports form part of the docket, including the Western Cape Government's structural engineering report, the report from the Engineering Council of South Africa (Ecsa), as well as the reports from the Council for the Built Environment (CBE), the National Home Builders' Registration Council (NHBRC) and the Employment and Labour Department (DEL).
Altogether 34 people died and 28 were injured in the collapse.
The property was sold by online auction late in 2025.
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