A South African Police Service officer kneels at the scene of a burned apartment block in Johannesburg on September 1, 2023.
A devastating inferno in central Johannesburg this week left at least 76 people dead - ranking it among the deadliest tragedies the country has seen since the Coalbrook mine disaster in January 1960, which saw more than 400 miners dead.
News24 reflects on some of these tragedies.
Coalbrook mining disaster - 437 dead
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