The Tongaat Shopping Mall, which collapsed yesterday, is still crawling with rescue workers doing everything they can to clear the rubble.

Emergency workers  worked throughout the night, trying to find at least two people believed to still be trapped beneath the concrete.

So far 29 people have been rescued, with 11 critically injured and 18 having sustained minor injuries. Despite reports yesterday that three people had been killed it has now been confirmed that only one person, a pregnant woman in her twenties, has been confirmed dead.

Yesterday three floors collapsed at about 4.30pm when most workers were on the ground level, trapping then beneath three layers of concrete, each about 500mm thick.

The building, which is still under construction, had gone ahead despite the Ethekwini municipality issuing a court interdict to the project manager last month, according to Ethekwini deputy mayor Nomvuzo Shabalala.

Construction workers who survived the disaster were back at the site this morning, hoping  their missing colleagues would be recovered.

One of the workers, Lindi Mtiki, said he did not know whether to be angry or hurt by the fact that he believes their employer deliberately risked their lives by making them carry on working after the municipality had asked them to stop.

Owner, businessman Jay Singh, has confirmed to the press that the plans for the mall had not been passed by the municipality.

The train tracks and roads adjacent the mall have been reopened.