Malema visited Aurora mine on Thursday to lambaste Zuma and Ramaphosa, and encourage miners not to go to work on Monday.
Activists and academics say the Marikana shootings are part of a sustained pattern of intimidation and violence against the workers.
There is a disjuncture between what platinum mine Lonmin says it is doing in communities and what is experienced by people in Marikana, experts say.
Officials have brokered closed-door talks between workers and management of Lonmin’s mine to end a strike where violence has killed 44 people.
Police measures to disperse a crowd which had gathered on a hilltop near Lonmin’s Marikana mine were "unreasonable", a lawyer has argued.
People detained in connection with the violence at Lonmin’s Marikana mine were assaulted in police custody, a court has heard.
A leaked report shows that the appalling living conditions of Marikana miners are nothing new to Lonmin, despite its social responsibility efforts.
The ANC Youth League has denied any connection to the Friends of the Youth League formation and its actions at Lonmin platinum mine.
The tide has begun to turn against Zuma with the textbook saga, Nkandla and Lonmin all stacking up against him.
The killing of 44 people during the violent strike at Lonmin mines has highlighted the depth of internal politics between mining unions NUM and Amcu.
Lonmin mines has estimated that at least 57% of workers across the eastern shaft at their Platinum mine in Marikana have returned to work.
Before the Marikana massacre, the M&G’s Heidi Swart joined rock-drill operators at the bottom of a Lonmin shaft to see conditions there firsthand.
Malema’s not fooling about as Marikana mourns, while Greece goes bankrupt and Prince Harry goes au naturel. In a nutshell.
Readers express their views about the events that unfolded in Marikana last week.
Julius Malema may not have an organised mass base outside the ANC, but he is a past master at going where there is pain.
Unless you are trying to bury an unpopular announcement, an intervening news event of terrible magnitude is every spin doctor’s worst nightmare.
The Marikana stand-off will not be an isolated incident if South African mining companies continue to ignore their corporate social responsibilities.
The temperature can reach 45C underground and workers are at risk of heat stroke. They wear sleeveless vests and their bodies smeared with dirt.
President Jacob Zuma has announced retired Supreme Court of Appeal judge Ian Farlam will chair the commission of inquiry into the Marikana tragedy.
Julius Malema has proved why he is the master of rhetoric when he stirred up a crowd of mourners and forced government ministers to flee to safety.
On Sunday August 19, members of the September National Imbizo set off for Marikana, the crime scene at which workers were shot and killed last week.
State officials and political leaders have joined more than a thousand residents at the memorial service for those killed in the Marikana massacre.
Desperate people do desperate things – like taking advantage of those even more desperate than themselves, writes Khaya Dlanga.
Bongani Madondo on the juju, trigger-happy cops, invincible men and the Marikana Massacre Blues.
A political showdown between the government and former ANCYL leaders threatens to hijack the memorial service for slain Lonmin workers in Marikana.
Our reporters, who have been covering Marikana for several months, answered your questions on the massacre in our live video chat.
The government has refused to reveal its plans to prevent further events like the Marikana strike action in the future – because it’s in mourning.
A conservative Christian minister has blamed feminists, homosexuals and abortion for last week’s Marikana tragedy.
President Jacob Zuma has told Lonmin workers that government did not plan to kill anyone, following the tragedy that left 34 dead and 78 injured.
There was only one question opposition parties in Parliament wanted answered by the judicial commission of inquiry into the Marikana tragedy.
All 34 Lonmin mineworkers killed in a clash with police have been identified, Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane says.
Julius Malema has opened up a case of murder against the SAPS at the Marikana police station following last week’s deadly Lonmin shootings.