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Armando Xhosa was trapped under two slabs of concrete for around 20 hours after the George building collapsed on 6 May. (Nicole McCain/ News24)
Armando Xhosa was trapped under two slabs of concrete for around 20 hours after the George building collapsed on 6 May. (Nicole McCain/ News24)

Armando Xhosa was trapped under two slabs of concrete for around 20 hours after the collapse of the building in George.

He is one of the 29 people who survived the incident.

Thirty-three others died - and 19 remain unaccounted for.

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