At least 74 people have died after an apartment building caught fire in Johannesburg, South Africa, early Thursday, with that number expected to go up as the search for victims continues, according to ...

A nighttime fire ripped through a rundown five-story building in Johannesburg that was occupied by homeless people and squatters, killing at least 73 people early Thursday, emergency services in South ...

DJ Warras' tragic killing and a recent Johannesburg building fire reveal a critical crisis in municipal governance.

South African authorities say "extreme poverty and a severe lack of affordable housing" were major factors in a deadly Johannesburg building fire two years ago. In August 2023, 77 people died and many ...

On Sunday, 31 August, it will be two years since a tragic building fire in Johannesburg killed 76 people. This incident is often compared to the UK's Grenfell Tower disaster. Two years later, many ...