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Report on George building collapse finds engineer ‘incompetent’ – police preparing charges

8th August 2025 Mzi Velapi 0

The five-story building under construction in George collapsed, leaving 34 workers dead and 28 critically injured.

Survivors of George building collapse demand justice as report blames engineer, developer and contractor

21st July 2025 Mzi Velapi 0

Many red flags were ignored before the collapse of the building in George.

As job precarity increases in post-coup Turkey, so do workplace death rates

29th May 2018 Equal Times 0

Job-related deaths in Turkey have increased by ten per cent since the enactment of a state of emergency following a failed coup attempt in July […]

“They have forgotten the lessons of Rana Plaza”

23rd April 2018 Equal Times 0

Five years after the disaster that took place on 24 April 2013, garment worker-organisers in Bangladesh say that many employers are still failing to ensure that worksites remain safe.

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