A forensic services worker is pictured at the site of a collapsed building in George in the Western Cape in this image captured on 13 May 2024.Edwards says 20 workers are still unaccounted for while 12 others are hospitalised.
“Fingerprints, DNA testing and photographs of unique markings such as tattoos and clothing items are some of the methods used to identify the deceased. Forensic Pathology Services are not limited to the Victoria Street Disaster in George, but also include other cases that happen on a daily basis. It is confirmed that six of the deceased were positively identified. This information also went through the system,” says Edwards.
Representatives from the High Commission of Zimbabwe and Malawi are also in George to meet with family members of the victims and oversee the repatriation process.“It is therefore very opportune to make this very public call for South Africans, both individuals and also private companies, to come to the fore in relation to assisting the families,” says Botes.
The Deputy High Commissioner of Malawi, Panji Winston Chirwa, says those companies responsible for the building must also come forward to assist. “The contractor has been able to identify a certain company called AVBOB which will take care of the deceased. Basically, in terms of transporting the bodies from here to Cape Town and embalming them, and we are told they are taking responsibility to buy zinc coffins. However, the problem becomes that they haven’t yet committed to repatriate the bodies.”
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