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We are just yelling. everything just collapsing. but they are in the other building. they say there are more than 50 people inside there. and since more than one hour we have been calling 111, they have not answered us since. and people are still inside there. subpar materials, negligence, and skirting construction regulations have made building collapses more common in lagos, and other parts nigeria, africas populist country. ——most populous. local authorities say it is too early to determi...

Questions as to why a building, where the cheapest unit was selling for $1.2 million, could fall apart. we have been working here since last year, but nobody can say what happened. we are just yelling. everything just collapsing. but they are in the other building. they say there are more than 50 people inside there. since more than one hour we have been calling 111, they have not answered us since. and people are still inside there. subpar materials, negligence, and skirting construction regula...

Scenes of chaos and anger at what locals see as a slow response and unanswered questions as to why a building, where the cheapest unit was selling for $1.2 million, could fall apart. weve been working here since last year, but nobody can say what happened. we are just yelling. everything just collapsing. but they are in the other building. they say there are more than 50 people inside there. and since more than one hour we have been calling 111, they have not answered us since. and people are st...

It is no surprise developers replacing Frederick House find they need to increase height to comply with Construction Regulations, because rules have become ridiculously complex, requiring specialist consultants equipped with sophisticated computer programmes (Controversial York flats set to increase in height, July 29). It is often impossible at the planning stage to know exactly what space will be required to meet ever increasing onerous and costly requirements. An increase of 0.7metres ...

Now, the workers are passing the roof tiles to one another on the staircase of the apartment complex. According to Yule Stoffels, the supervisor of the construction, who was on site on Monday, the tiles are now being thrown into a truck parked a “safe” distance of 2m from the staircase. The department has approved all medical documents, which were initially not in place or approved by the department, said Donald MacAlister, operations manager of Levenbach.  The roof construction had been h...

On Wednesday morning, an Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) inspector from the Department of Employment and Labour visited a construction site at Da Gama Court, an apartment complex on De Lorentz Street in Cape Town, and issued the contractor – Levenbach Building & Roofing – with a “prohibition notice” that work may not continue until working conditions had been resolved. The inspection took place a day after Daily Maverick sent the department queries about the precarious safety cond...