Maintenance workers' bodies recovered from sewage pit at V&A Waterfront 06 January 2021 - 10:36 The bodies of two maintenance workers were recovered from a sewage pit behind a hotel at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town on Tuesday. File photo. Image: Gallo The bodies of two maintenance workers were recovered from a sewage pit behind a hotel at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town on Tuesday night. City of Cape Town fire and rescue services spokesperson Jermaine Carelse said they were alerted at about 6.18pm that two maintenance workers were in the pit at East Pier Road. Rescue teams, including the city’s Epping training hazmat response team, Spilltech, and ER24 were dispatched.