A recent survey found that only 40% of South Africans know enough about Marikana massacre to be able to explain it to a friend
The mineworker union’s Joseph Mathunjwa spoke at the ten-year anniversary of the massacre
The chair of the commission of inquiry says a personal apology from Cyril Ramaphosa would help families of the dead to heal
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Ten years on, the massacre at the mine remains a metaphor for the ills of our society
Fathers talk about their regret for sending their sons to the mines, wives speak about coming to terms with the death of their husbands
Why do representative bodies like the union, the party and the so-called left seem to fail their constituents during struggles like Marikana?
The state has already paid out R170-million in claims following the August 2012 massacre
Eight out of the 44 widows are still waiting for their houses but Sibanye-Stillwater says they are ‘under construction’
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The president successfully argued against the claim on seven counts but failed to persuade the court that there is no argument of a causal link between his actions and the fatal shooting of miners
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Ramaphosa’s lawyers and those representing the mineworkers and widows argued over the language used in the emails