Johannesburg – President Jacob Zuma, after announcing the death of 67 South Africans in the Lagos building collapse, said on Tuesday night that he had ordered government departments to help family members get to Nigeria to identify the bodies of their loved ones and repatriate the remains as soon as possible.

They were among scores of worshippers who died when the guest house on the campus of televangelist TB Joshua collapsed on Friday. Up to a thousand rescue workers have been searching the rubble of the pancaked building since then, AP reported.

Rescue workers early on Tuesday had dug a woman out of the rubble four days after the building had collapsed. She’d walked away with only a slight injury, a government spokesperson said.

“Not in the recent history of our country have we had this large number of our people die in one incident outside the country,” Zuma said in a statement to the nation.

“The whole nation shares the pain of the mothers, fathers, daughters and sons who have lost their loved ones. We are all in grief.”

My deepest condolences to the people of Nigeria and the 67 South African families who lost loved one. Africa mourns.

— MMusi Maimane (@MmusiMaimane) September 16, 2014

Officials say at least five South African church tour groups were at the church, known as The Synagogue, at the time of the collapse.
For more http://www.news24.com