Several women who participated in protests for jobs last Thursday say members of the Marikana SAPS assaulted them before arresting them.
The revelation could undermine trust built up in the platinum belt since Marikana.
The Claassen board of inquiry is investigating suspended police commissioner Riah Phiyega’s fitness for office following the Marikana massacre.
Six months into negotiations with government, the Marikana victims are frustrated at lack of progress and feel that government tries to divide them.
Evidence at the Claassen inquiry into the police commissioner’s fitness to hold office reveals that she secretly sought to undermine the Farlam probe.
The commission of inquiry into Riah Phiyega’s fitness to hold office began on Tuesday after the police commissioner was suspended last year.
Commodity prices and labour issues have hamstrung the effectiveness of the mining companies’ community investment in the North West town.
A book by Greg Marinovich highlights the exploitation that led to the Marikana tragedy, writes David Bruce.
Was there perhaps widely felt criticism hidden in the praise singer’s exaltation of President Jacob Zuma at the 2016 State of the Nation Address?
The state wants government to accept liability in respect of legitimate claims and have claimants agree to an expedited adjudicative process.
The families of the victims deserve reparations, restitution, rectification and rehabilitation
Violence and murder – of Marikana miners and foreigners – inspired works by saxophonist Salim Washington
But the ruling party still has a core of ardent supporters in the town, who hope it will fulfil its promises.
It’s clear the SABC will not broadcast Rehad Desai’s Emmy award-winning documentary on Marikana, Miners Shot Down, because it makes the ANC look bad.
The reporting of the Marikana massacre was characterised by embedded journalism, sensationalism and polarisation of views.
In a majority ruling, the Constitutional Court has ruled that Legal Aid SA’s case was moot, and that its appeal had no prospects of success.
National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega may be suspended pending an inquiry into her fitness to hold office.
National Commissioner Riah Phiyega is black, proud, capable and cannot be undone by a mere MP, according to an SMS she sent to Dianne Kohler-Barnard.
Advocate Dali Mpofu told families of those who died at Marikana that "government must pay".
How should we characterise the police actions on the afternoon of August 16 2012 that started with a 10 second burst of gunfire?
Days before the third anniversary of the Marikana massacre, opposition parties have again laid the blame for the tragedy at the government’s door.
The safety of South Africans depends on President Jacob Zuma firing police commissioner Riah Phiyega, the DA said in Parliament.
The DA said it would take steps to have National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega dishonourably discharged from the SA Police Service.
Records show how the National Prosecuting Authority had felt Riah Phiyega "did not keep the confidentiality that was so obviously required of her".
SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande says SA is no longer a colony and applauded the government for not arresting Omar al-Bashir.
The Marikana report revealed more than just operational unaccountability, it revealed a web of lies designed to keep the commission in the dark.
Analysts and academics have said most of the Farlam commission’s recommendations are simple, obvious and commonsense, but likely to run into trouble.
Jacob Zuma released the report into the 2012 Marikana massacre. Africa Check compares his claims and what the Commission’s report actually said.
Mineworkers in Marikana have blasted the Farlam Commission of Inquiry report for its findings against Amcu.
Jacob Zuma "again" craftily dodged accountability and oversight debate in the National Assembly, say leaders of the DA.
Marikana commissioners have hinted that there may be some criminal liability on the part of those who let the police actions on August 16 take place.
The Mail and Guardian looks at key moments that shaped the discourse surrounding the Marikana massacre, which took place in August 2012.