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Church collapse victims arrive

The plane carrying 11 bodies of South Africans who died in the Nigeria church building collapse arrived in Pretoria on Friday morning. The huge, noisy military C130 aircraft touched down at the Waterkloof air force base at 1.18 am. Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe said on Friday that government[…]

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SA remains home from Nigeria by weekend

The remains of the 85 people from South Africa who died when a church building collapsed in Nigeria will be repatriated at the weekend, Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe said on Tuesday night. “If everything goes well, we will repatriate this coming weekend,” Radebe said. Radebe, the special envoy[…]

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Govt refuses to discuss TB Joshua’s visa

Now is not the time to discuss the granting of a visa allowing Nigerian preacher TB Joshua to enter South Africa, Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe said on Wednesday. He was responding to a question on what government planned to do about a call to deny the man in[…]

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Body identification process ongoing: Radebe

A five-step process of identification is underway on the bodies of the South Africans killed in the Nigeria church building collapse, Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe said on Wednesday. Updating reporters in Pretoria on the situation, he said this was a “methodical and time consuming process, and one would[…]

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Church death toll tentative: Radebe

The death toll of 84 South Africans in the Nigerian church collapse remains a “tentative figure”, Presidency Minister Jeff Radebe said on Friday. “As of yesterday evening the total number of unaccounted for South Africans and presumably deceased remains at 84,” Radebe told reporters in Pretoria. “This figure however remains[…]

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SA deathtoll at 70 in Lagos

The death toll in the building collapse that occurred at the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Nigeria stood at 70, the SABC reported on Wednesday. A multi-storey building belonging to the church collapsed on Friday, leaving scores of people dead and injured. President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday announced that[…]

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Pakistan mosque collapses on worshippers

At least 18 people have been killed in a roof collapse at a mosque in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, with officials saying the death toll may rise. The roof collapse happened in Daroghawala, a low-income neighbourhood in the outer city with narrow and congested streets. “The bodies of[…]

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Mall collapse enquiry continues

The inquiry into the collapse of the Tongaat Mall, in which two people were killed, will continue on Thursday. On Wednesday, the commission of inquiry in Durban heard that strength tests were never carried out on the concrete used in the columns supporting the ill-fated Tongaat Mall. Ronnie Pillay, a[…]

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