South Africa ends rescue efforts at building that collapsed killing 33 people

A survivor is bought to the surface at the scene of a building collapse in the city of George, in South Africa The rescue operation is being brought to a halt (Nardus Engelbrecht/AP)

An exhaustive rescue operation to find missing construction workers trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building in South Africa will end on Friday after nearly two weeks as authorities released a major revision of their figures and said they now believe that no one else is missing.

At least 33 people have been confirmed dead after the collapse of the unfinished five-story apartment complex in the city of George on the country’s south coast on May 6.