UPDATE: 2 bodies recovered from George building collapse still to be identified

GEORGE - Two bodies retrieved from the rubble at the George construction tragedy still need to be identified. 

The site has officially been handed to the labour department for investigation, with disaster officials and police declaring all 62 people on site accounted for. 

Thirty-three deaths have been confirmed, with 10 people still in hospital.

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The disaster site is quiet. 

A hollowed-out pit remains where the five-storey, 42-unit block of flats was being built. 

For days, this was the scene of a bustling operation, that comprised rescue, demolition and investigative work. 

The MEC responsible for Disaster Management, Anton Bredell, warned that the work was not done yet. 

"There’s still a lot of investigations and facts to determine. And then there’s the process to hold those responsible, accountable." 

The process to identify the dead has also proved challenging, with many workers foreign nationals and some undocumented. 

Seven bodies are still in the morgue and three of them have been identified as Mozambican nationals. 

Garden Route disaster management chief, Gerhard Otto, said that the remaining four still needed to be linked to their families. 

"That's a process with DNA, etc. It can take a little longer. These will be more difficult to identify because of the nature of the injuries."

Some of the victims will be buried this weekend, while psycho-social support is being offered to families for at least the next six months.