South African Police Service
Office of the Provincial Commissioner KwaZulu-Natal

DURBAN - Police in KwaZulu-Natal have commenced investigations into the circumstances that led to the collapse of a wall which fell on five construction workers at a construction site on Zen Drive in Ballito on Saturday, 18 May 2024.

Information at police disposal at this stage indicates that fourteen construction workers were at the bottom of the escarpment building a gabion retaining wall when the wall collapsed and buried five workers underneath.

The police's Search and Rescue team working with other private entities managed to rescue all five victims, however four of them were certified dead at the scene. One worker was found alive, approximately six hours after the collapse of the wall. Inquest dockets have been opened for investigation.

Circumstances that led to the collapse of the wall also form part of police investigations.

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