The Farlam Commission has begun and so far it has shown that the bodies of miners weren’t limited to a specific spot, but were spread over a vast area.
Lawyers representing the victims of the shooting at Lonmin’s Marikana mine have failed to have the judicial inquiry into the incident postponed.
The Farlam Commission of Inquiry has been given a four-month deadline for completion – but matters could be moving too quickly.
An analysis of a deadly mine conflict in 1994 offers clues to the origins of the Marikana tragedy.
Lonmin’s Marikana mess, and its subsequent bad handling of the situation, threatens to become the mining company’s own Deepwater Horizon.
President Jacob Zuma says mining unrest will be resolved through negotiation and is not a symptom of inequalities surfacing 18 years after apartheid.
According to some Marikana miners, they are no better off than before the strike, after Lonmin this week offered striking workers a 22% pay hike.
Miners have welcomed the deal to end the long strike that cost the lives of 45 people, but some observers worry the agreement will set a precedent.
Rock drillers at Lonmin’s Marikana mine have accepted a 22% overall pay increase to end more than five weeks of crippling and bloody strikes.
A strike for a R12 500 monthly wage by Rustenburg platinum mine workers has spilled over into the chrome sector.
Anglo American Platinum will resume work at its Rustenburg operations on Tuesday, days after the government launched a crackdown to disarm miners.
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A leader of a major protest by platinum miners has called for a national strike in the sector "to bring the mining companies to their knees".
The man found dead near a group of strikers not far from Lonmin’s Marikana mine earlier this week has been identified.
As security guards use tear gas at a Gauteng gold mine, Anglo American Platinum says it will halt production because of threats to its workers.
Striking mineworkers hit back at claims by Anglo American Platinum that protesters near its Thembelani mine in Rustenburg are not its employees.
Security guards have fired teargas at protesters at the Gold Fields KDC West mine near Carletonville, where workers have been on strike since Sunday.
Workers at Anglo American Platinum in Rustenburg have been "re-directed" from the mine due to intimidation from striking workers, says the company.
Expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has called for workers at all SA’s mines to strike until the leaders of the NUM step down.
The CCMA says it’s ready to proceed with mediation talks at Lonmin’s Marikana mine in Rustenburg, should workers return to the negotiating table.
Talks to end a month-long strike at Lonmin’s platinum mine in Marikana failed to proceed as scheduled on Monday after workers didn’t turn up for work.
The Friends of the Youth League are ‘disgusted’ by reports alleging miners were tortured to find out whether Malema incited violence at Marikana.
The CCMA will today convene talks to address the Marikana standoff, apparently without any of the parties mandated to speak for the striking miners.
Ronald Lamola has questioned why only black people were shot at Lonmin and insisted that "the ruling class is still dominated by white people".
YCL secretary Buti Manamela has stressed the need for Lonmin’s involvement in the strike that lead to the death of 44 people to be fully investigated.
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union does not see why it should be part of the Marikana peace pact, says Jimmy Gama.
South Africa’s economic growth will remain subdued in the medium term due to unrest in the platinum sector and a weak global economic environment.
Our mining industry is being sucked into a vicious cycle as labour unrest spreads, with steep wage demands that the industry cannot afford.
The National Prosecuting Authority did not admit to any error in the decision to charge the Marikana miners for the deaths of 37 of their colleagues.
The National Prosecuting Authority has provisionally withdrawn murder charges laid against 270 Marikana miners, pending further investigations.
The presidency has been unable to confirm whether President Jacob Zuma has received a letter demanding the release of 270 arrested Marikana miners.
The 270 arrested Lonmin miners face murder charges related to the deaths of 34 of their colleagues in line with "outdated" apartheid law.