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IN MEMORIAM: Crosses dot the koppie near Nkaneng informal settlement in Marikana where 34 miners were killedPicture: DANIEL BORN
MARIKANA MASSACRE

Little has changed since Marikana

On August 16 2012, hundreds of platinum miners working in the Lonmin-owned mines in Marikana, North West Province, gathered to protest against poor living conditions and low pay. By the time the day was over, 34 were dead and 74 injured…

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MIne workers on the koppie made famous by the strike action that ended in a number of fatalities. File photo. Image: MOELETSI MABE
GOVERNMENT

Marikana family gets R3.9m

BY BAFANA NZIMANDE Unfinished business: State still has to settle more than 600 claims stemming from massacre The government has paid R3.9-million to a family that claimed loss of support as a result of a death in the 2012 Marikana…

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MIne workers on the koppie made famous by the strike action that ended in a number of fatalities. File photo. Image: MOELETSI MABE
BLOODSHED

Marikana Massacre: Cry for justice‚ five years on

BY SIPHO MABENA The wheels of justice must be fast tracked for victims of the tragedy at Marikana‚ Amnesty International said on Tuesday. Commenting on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the tragedy that left 34 miners dead and at least…

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