The body of a fourth child has been retrieved after he and three others were trapped underground in Nyanga, Cape Town, on Monday afternoon.
The children fell into a hole near the N2 at the Borcherds Quarry Road intersection shortly after 15:00, fire services spokesperson Jermaine Carelse said.
The first two bodies were located at around 18:00 and the third at around 21:00.
The search for the fourth child continued through the night and emergency crew found the body at 02:21 on Tuesday, Carelse said.www.chaosafrica.com