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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
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
The major economic and political questions of Marikana remain
Why do representative bodies like the union, the party and the so-called left seem to fail their constituents during struggles like Marikana?
Marikana lawsuits to be finalised by end of August
The state has already paid out R170-million in claims following the August 2012 massacre
10 years later, not all Marikana widows have received promised houses
Eight out of the 44 widows are still waiting for their houses but Sibanye-Stillwater says they are ‘under construction’
Marikana court case back to haunt Ramaphosa
Lawyers seeking R1-billion in damages allege President Cyril Ramaphosa’s phone calls and emails in 2012 set the stage for the unlawful killing of 34 miners
R170m of Marikana claims settled, but legal wrangles continue
Claimants are free to approach the state attorney’s office to check whether the figures released by the solicitor general are correct, the government says.
Time in Marikana has stood still
In Nkaneng the memory of the 44 people murdered will not leave the community
No justice left behind after the Marikana massacre
Close to a decade after the Marikana massacre, President Cyril Ramaphosa has not visited the survivors as he promised to do, judges have acquitted police officers, children can’t…
Editorial: Marikana must haunt us
The blight on our past and our future must haunt us as much as it haunts the victims left behind
Phiyega bid to sidestep Marikana massacre dismissed
Ex-police commissioner Riah Phiyega hoped to quash findings including colluding in a cover-up and misleading the public about what happened at the platinum mine in 2012.
Marikana violence was avoidable, Mahikeng court hears
Testimony about the events of 13 August 2012, when five people died at Marikana, has provided new details of the police’s incompetent handling of the striking mineworker situation.
Platinum records for South African mines
The miners are in a comfortable position as the world creeps towards a lower-carbon future
No apology or comfort as another Marikana mother dies without justice
Nomawethu Ma’Bhengu Sompeta, whose funeral will be held this weekend, was unequivocal in calling out the government for its response to the Marikana massacre