The Independent Police Investigative Directorate is investigating accusations of apartheid-style intimidation against one of SA’s top cops.
On August 16 the Marikana massacre brought to the fore two forms of violence present in the everyday lives of workers.
Thabo Makana’s* emotions have been blunted after watching two of his colleagues being killed in the Marikana massacre at Lonmin.
The mining catastrophe at Marikana has revealed a lack of credible leadership in the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), which has lost support.
In 1994, our leaders, be they political, business or labour, inspired us as they fashioned the way forward. Now they are conspicuous by their absence.
Marikana miners have threatened to kill Lonmin management unless they stop operations at the platinum mine in North West.
Striking miners at Marikana and the AMCU have refused to join other unions in signing a peace pact with Lonmin management until their demands are met.
Police members who stand accused of abusing arrested Marikana strikers may be pointed out by their accusers this week.
Malema is feeding off the violent chaos at our mines, much as the Joker from Batman would. But he’s not the one to blame, writes Verashni Pillay.
Julius Malema has confirmed receiving the public protector’s report into allegations of corruption against him and says he is ready to be arrested.
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The National Prosecuting Authority has provisionally withdrawn murder charges laid against 270 Marikana miners, pending further investigations.
President Jacob Zuma will not release 270 arrested Marikana mine workers as their lawyers had demanded, the Presidency has said.
In a letter to President Jacob Zuma, lawyers Maluleke, Msimang and Associates have questioned how the miners could be charged with the murders.
The presidency has been unable to confirm whether President Jacob Zuma has received a letter demanding the release of 270 arrested Marikana miners.
The NPA is entirely within its right to charge 270 Marikana miners with murder relying on the doctrine of common purpose, writes advocate James Grant.
Justice Minister Jeff Radebe has called on the NPA to explain why the 270 arrested Marikana miners are facing murder charges.
The Marikana protest is the latest in a trend of destructive strikes in the platinum province.
The national plan entails spending a bit more than 10% of South Africa’s entire annual wealth and its gross domestic product.
The new-world socialists must stop looking for scapegoats and enter partnerships to ensure Marikana does not happen again, writes Denis MacShane.
What will happen when the ANC and its trade union allies are no longer unquestioningly accepted as the sole legitimate representatives of poor?
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi speaks to the Mail & Guardian about a wide range of issues, including the likelihood of more union splits.
Without key forensic data, one’s interpretation of events at Marikana depends on what one wants to believe.
Award-winning Photojournalist Greg Marinovich reconstructs what looks like a cold-blooded murder scene where miners were shot at point-blank range.
There’s been a lot of talk of leadership lately, at conferences in Sandton and among ordinary South Africans. Much of that talk is about its absence.
The 270 arrested Lonmin miners face murder charges related to the deaths of 34 of their colleagues in line with "outdated" apartheid law.
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.
Families in Pondoland, a traditional source of labour, bury their men and primary earners who worked at Lonmin.
The survival and development of constitutional democracy depends ultimately on establishing a social practice that shapes the way people behave.
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.