From workers using force to challenge exploitation, to the role of unions in protests, experts have analysed strike violence at a Marikana seminar.
Marikana has scarred villagers in the Eastern Cape, where the ANC is losing further ground.
Serious doubts have been raised about the legitimacy of the police submission to the Marikana inquiry for the testimony of Mr X to be held in camera.
The Farlam commission has held the first of three public seminars to investigate the underlying causes of the August 16 2012 massacre.
This has become the standard method for authorities trying to avoid taking responsibility for wrongdoing, such as killing 34 miners at Marikana.
North West air wing chief Salmon Vermaak has broken ranks to give his ‘true’ version of the Marikana events.
An SAPS witness, identified as Mr X, is a murderer, liar and habitual criminal, the Farlam commission of inquiry has heard.
Voters in the platinum belt have been left disillusioned by the ANC, and are going to be taking a cynical approach to the national elections.
The issue of labour representation is central to the problems in the industry.
An estimated 100 000 miner workers affiliated to Amcu went on strike on Thursday to demand major wage increases.
Dali Mpofu has told the Farlam commission that police should have foreseen that strikers would retaliate to it using barbed wire to control crowds.
The Farlam commission, which is investigating the deaths of 44 people during labour-related unrest at Marikana, is set to resume its public hearings.
The operational commander at Marikana has admitted he became aware of the deadly shootings at Lonmin mine nearly an hour after the incident occured.
Striking Marikana mineworkers had performed muti rituals and believed they were unassailable before the massacre, heard the Farlam commission.
The police monitoring body has not given prosecutors any dockets relating to alleged assaults on miners.
Legal Aid SA has been ordered to pay the legal fees of Marikana miners pending its appeal, says the miners’ legal team.
Dali Mpofu’s new role as an Economic Freedom Fighter has provoked fresh scrutiny of his political role and his funding call for the Marikana miners.
Murders at Marikana resulting from union rivalry between the NUM and Amcu has violated the peace accord signed in February, says Thandi Modise.
Legal Aid South Africa has appealed the court’s decision for it to provide funding for the wounded and arrested Marikana miners, says a report.
President Jacob Zuma has granted an extension to the Farlam Commission of Inquiry, says the presidency.
The Farlam commission has heard the shooting of miners at Marikana was not due to the police’s dispersal plan but to the individual action of police.
The police in Marikana have arrested three suspects in connection with the murder of an NUM branch chairperson, say officials.
The worker issues that sparked the Marikana unrest have still not been addressed, political analyst Steven Friedman told a Pretoria labour conference.
Steve Hofmeyr’s Red October march takes an unexpected twist. Remember, Oom Steve, everything is not always black and white in life.
Casac has urged Legal Aid SA not to appeal a high court order that the state should pay the legal costs of the survivors of the Marikana massacre.
A high court ruling ordering Legal Aid SA to pay the legal fees of Marikana massacre victims sets a precedent for future commissions.
Legal Aid SA will decide whether to comply or appeal the high court’s instruction that it has to fund the legal costs of the miners.
Julius Malema drew an impressive crowd to the EFF’s launch rally – even though his speech was mostly predictable. But who supports him, and why?
Judgment has been handed down in favour of Advocate Dali Mpofu’s funding case for the Marikana mineworkers wounded and arrested in 2012.
Listen to EFF leader Julius Malema’s full speech, which he delivered at Marikana during the official launch of the political party.
EFF leader Julius Malema has said sorry for once backing President Jacob Zuma – who he described as a singer who was neither a thinker nor reader.
Ushered in by eight motor bikers, Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu have arrived at the Marikana koppies where supporters celebrate the party’s launch.