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When freedom failed the mineworkers
Fourteen years after the tragedy at Lonmin’s platinum mine in Marikana, the 16 August 2012 massacre remains a significant event in South Africa’s democratic history. The state’s…
Where are the unions and the ANC for suffering silicosis victims?
Recently, a proposed amendment announced by the Tshiamiso Trust — set up to disburse compensation — now threatens to shut out even more former mine-workers with the disease from…
Ramaphosa no weak president
Bold and assertive Cyril debunks the myth of a weak and indecisive leader
Ugly vegetables create a beautiful story
A small agricultural miracle is transforming a community in the Cradle of Humankind
The state still withholding justice for victims of the Marikana massacre
On 16 August it will be 12 years since 34 miners were killed by the police at Lonmin mine during a strike, but the state still has not apologised to the families of the victims,…
Ramaphosa rebukes Malema’s allegations of betrayal during liberation struggle
The president cautioned the Economic Freedom Fighters leader to play the ball, not the man
We are on the right side of history, says Froneman of Sibanye’s response to Marikana
The mining company hosted its fourth annual Marikana memorial lecture on Monday to mark the 11th anniversary of the massacre
The Marikana Massacre
The Marikana Massacre, which occurred on August 16, 2012, was a tragic and deeply unsettling event in South African history. In the town of Marikana, North West province,…
Reject commissions of inquiry, the poisoned colonial chalices that do not deliver justice
No matter the quality of the work inquiries do, they are designed to create a simulacrum of accountability, of justice. They appease the public
Gallery: Trade union federations march to Union Buildings
Inside the Cosatu and Saftu national shutdown
Finding justice 10 years after the Marikana massacre
The family of one of the victims of the shooting has received neither money nor an apology
Gallery: Marikana remembers a tragedy
Images from the 10th Marikana Massacre commemoration
Ten years later, still no memorial park at site of Marikana massacre
Sibanye-Stillwater, which inherited the project after purchasing Lonmin, now looks to finish the project by next year.
‘Justice for Marikana will only be served if we see Ramaphosa behind bars’ – Amcu president
The mineworker union’s Joseph Mathunjwa spoke at the ten-year anniversary of the massacre
Marikana: There should have been disciplinary proceeding, says Ian Farlam
The chair of the commission of inquiry says a personal apology from Cyril Ramaphosa would help families of the dead to heal