Dozens of people trapped in debris as building under construction collapses in South Africa


CAPE TOWN, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Dozens of people were trapped and injured after a building under construction collapsed in South Africa on Monday, according to local media reports.

The multi-story building collapsed on Monday afternoon in the coastal city of George, about 400 kilometers east of Cape Town, in the Western Cape province, leaving at least 46 people trapped in the debris.

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