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An 82-year-old man who was attacked by two large dogs in East London has died. The incident was caught on a neighbouring security camera in Stirling last Friday.

The Municpality says this sign of solidarity is a poignant gesture to honor those who perished, and to extend their heartfelt support to the families affected by this tragedy.

Makhanda, formerly Grahamstown, has been experiencing water shortages for over a decade. Upgrades to double the output of the town’s water treatment works began in 2015 and were supposed to have been completed two years later. But completion deadlines are still being extended, seven years later.

Rescue and recovery efforts continued in George as the death toll climbs.

Emotions ran high at the collapsed building site in George on Saturday when a worker who was trapped under the rubble was rescued after he desperately clung to life for six days.

Rescue workers have been working around the clock since the tragedy unfolded on Monday.

Today marks day five of a massive rescue operation at the construction site in George, where a five-storey apartment building collapsed on Monday.

The family members of those still trapped under the rubble are starting to lose hope.

At least four people have been confirmed to have lost their lives when the wall of a shop collapsed on top of them in Ngcobo in the Eastern Cape.