A large section of the Coalbrook mine near Sasolburg caves in and traps 435 miners, the worst mine disaster in South African hi

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South African History Online. (2012, January 20). A large section of the Coalbrook mine near Sasolburg caves in and traps 435 miners, the worst mine disaster in South African hi. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072879

South African History Online (2012) 'A large section of the Coalbrook mine near Sasolburg caves in and traps 435 miners, the worst mine disaster in South African hi', South African History Online, 20 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072879 (Accessed: 25 September 2026).

South African History Online, A large section of the Coalbrook mine near Sasolburg caves in and traps 435 miners, the worst mine disaster in South African hi [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072879, (accessed 25 September 2026).

"A large section of the Coalbrook mine near Sasolburg caves in and traps 435 miners, the worst mine disaster in South African hi." South African History Online, 20 Jan. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072879. Accessed 25 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "A large section of the Coalbrook mine near Sasolburg caves in and traps 435 miners, the worst mine disaster in South African hi." South African History Online. January 20, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072879.