There is no getting away from the gravity of the situation facing South Africa and its people are facing fundamental choices about the future SA.
Lonmin’s striking workers accepted a compromise pay deal based on fear of the mine’s closure and of a threatening police presence.
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate is awaiting the results of the postmortem of an ANC councillor who died in Marikana over the weekend.
The South African National Defence Force has officially been deployed in Marikana from September 14 until next year January.
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.
Not since the xenophobic attacks of 2008 have South Africa’s underlying and unresolved patterns of violence burst as clearly into the open.
One thing governments are slow to learn is that you cannot deal with complex political threats through force, says Sam Sole.
Anglo American Platinum will resume work at its Rustenburg operations on Tuesday, days after the government launched a crackdown to disarm miners.
Police on Sunday blocked and dispersed a march by hundreds of striking miners against a security crackdown in the restive platinum belt.
Striking miners have called for a peaceful march on a police station on Sunday after authorities launched a crackdown in the restive platinum belt.
The SAPS has raided hostels at Lonmin’s Karee platinum mine to disarm miners after government announced a crackdown on the carrying of weapons.
The jet-setting CEOs of Anglo Platinum, Gold Fields and Lonmin each earned on average over R20-million a year, including performance-based bonuses.
The decision to charge the Marikana miners with murder was based on the same logic that was used to convict taxi-driver Jacob Humphries of murder.
The Marikana saga exposes the injustice raging in our society, writes a group of organisations that work with marginalised people.
The assault and unlawful arrest accusations by Marikana miners have been given weight by officers being called to an identity parade.
Analysts are predicting that events at Lonmin’s mine in Marikana will heavily influence next week’s Cosatu national congress.
The man found dead near a group of strikers not far from Lonmin’s Marikana mine earlier this week has been identified.
There has been some speculation that Beukman could have been encouraged to resign because he would not allow a cover-up.
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.
Expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema and the defence department are set to clash as he moves his political road show to the military.
MPs have questioned the SA Human Rights Commission’s decision to investigate the Marikana massacre, saying it’s a waste of resources.
The body of a man, who appears to have been hacked to death, has been found near the koppie where striking miners usually meet.
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.
Damian Garside’s thoughts on the Marikana miners.
Is South Africa facing a widespread mining revolution capable of disrupting an industry vital to everything from job creation to foreign exchange?
The signing of a peace accord on Wednesday has brought little comfort to Lonmin investors – as workers at Marikana mine continue to stay away.
High levels of credit may have contributed to the cocktail of factors that led to the bloody clashes between police and Lonmin strikers.
The NPA’s reputation has taken a hammering after the Lonmin killings, despite it having provisionally withdrawn the murder charges against the miners.
Mine security forces say they will be relying less on police than they would have before Marikana and be more ready to use deadly force themselves.
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate is investigating accusations of apartheid-style intimidation against one of SA’s top cops.