Minister Simelane commits to implementing all recommendations into the George building collapse [SOUND]

# Human Settlements minister, Thembi Simelane, says she has undertaken to implement all recommendations in the final report of the National Home Builders Registration Council into the George building collapse in the Western Cape. Thirty-four people died, and many were injured when the building, still under construction, collapsed and buried most of the workers under the rubble in May last year. The ministry’s spokesperson, Tsekiso Machike, says the current preliminary report suggests that several procedures were not followed: