Overview
- Rescue and recovery have concluded with all 12 workers accounted for, including nine dead and three receiving hospital care.
- Preliminary accounts from officials indicate an upper-level concrete slab failed, triggering the two-storey collapse at Amethyst Business Park in Ormonde.
- City leaders report no record of submitted or approved building plans and cite bylaw violations, with the site classified as an unlawful development.
- The scene has been handed to police, an inquest docket is open, and investigators await a safety declaration to begin a formal on-site probe.
- National and local authorities have launched parallel investigations, the developer says it has commissioned its own inquiry, and victims include South African and Lesotho nationals.