About 50 construction workers trapped after roof collapses at mall in South Africa

One person has died and about 50 are feared trapped after a roof collapsed at the construction site of a South African shopping mall, officials say.

Rescue teams are working in the dark and using sniffer dogs to look for survivors beneath the rubble at the site in Tongaat, north of Durban.

About 30 people had been taken to hospital - some with massive traumatic injuries, paramedics say.

Officials said those trapped were construction workers.
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