Tanzania: Newly Launched Dar Truck Assembly Plant to Generate Over 2,000 Jobs

[Daily News] President Samia Suluhu Hassan has launched the Saturn Corporation Limited Company's truck assembly plant in Dar es Salaam.
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South Africa: South Africa – Dozens Missing Days After Building Collapse

[DW] Twenty-nine of the 75 workers who were at the site when the building collapsed in the city of George have been pulled out of the rubble alive. Six, however, have life-threatening injuries.
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Nigeria: FG Pledges to Complete Abuja-Kano Highway in One Year

[Leadership] Minister of works, Engr. Nweze David Umahi, has declared the commitment of the federal government to complete the Abuja-Kaduna-Katsina-Kano Federal Highway within a record time.
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South Africa: George Residents Champion the ‘Superdogs’ Searching for Survivors of Building Collapse

[Daily Maverick] Visiting the scene of the collapsed building in George on Wednesday, Gift of the Givers founder Dr Imtiaz Sooliman described sniffer dogs as a 'key' element of the search and rescue effort. Community members have been providing vital supplies and support for human and K9 personnel at the site.
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Kenya: City Hall Begins Construction of First Public Hospital in Mlango On Reclaimed Dump Site

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has launched the construction of the first public hospital in Mlango Kubwa within Mathare sub-county as part of ward-based programs.
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South Africa: Emergency Personnel ‘True Heroes’ As 36 Pulled From Building Site

[SAnews.gov.za] The number of people retrieved from the collapsed five-storey building in George has risen to 36 as of Wednesday morning.
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South Africa: George Tragedy – Call for Organisations to Prioritise Safety in Workplaces

[SAnews.gov.za] Employment and Labour Minister, Thulas Nxesi, says the collapse of the building which was under construction in George is a sobering reminder of the critical importance of prioritising safety in the workplace.
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South Africa: Race to Find 48 Trapped Construction Workers

[GroundUp] 21 people have been rescued from the site of the collapsed building in George
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South Africa: Search Continues for Survivors of Building Collapse in South Africa

[VOA] The search continued Tuesday in South Africa for workers trapped in the collapse of a multi-story building under construction outside of Cape Town that left at least four people dead.
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South Africa: Building Collapse Leaves Five Dead, Scores Trapped

[allAfrica] A multi-storey building under construction in George, South Africa, collapsed, leaving at least five people dead and trapping around 50 others.
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