Women performing apartheid-era toyi-toyi dance condemn mine company as they wait for news of victims of police shootings Nosisieko Jali's husband is missing. She has heard a rumour that a bullet hit him in the head, yet he survived. One witness said all his clothes...
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Lonmin Statement on Marikana Situation
Lonmin Chief Financial Officer, Simon Scott said: "On behalf of the whole Company I would like to express our sincere condolences to the families and friends of all those employees who have lost their lives, not only in the events of Thursday but also in the days...
The Thick End of the Wedge: The Editor’s Notebook | by Peter Bruce
SO, Julius Malema strides confidently into the midst of what we are told is a 7,000-strong band of armed and angry miners, and calms them down. "Malema takes charge!" exclaimed the front page headline of one of the better Sunday papers. Before him all power — the...
Bid to limit strikes in aftermath of Marikana | by Monde Maoto
The government and the mining industry have taken the first steps to limit illegal strike action in the platinum sector and to refine wage negotiating processes, both seen to be key factors behind the violence at Lonmin last week. Meanwhile, the stage is set for...
Lonmin toll tells us all about SA’s lived reality | by Aubrey Matshiqi
AS IS always the case under these circumstances, there is no shortage of explanations — "scientific", "academic" or otherwise — for the conflict that led to the deaths of 44 people at the Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana, in North West. Given the plethora of pet...
Press statement Bench Marks Foundation | by Bishop Joe Seoka
av David Van Wyk kl. den 18 augusti 2012 kl. 17:51 · Press statement Bench Marks Foundation Yesterday the President of the SACC and Chairperson of the Bench Marks Foundation, Bishop Jo Seoka and a team, met with the striking Lonmin workers. He was told by the striking...
Slaughter at South Africa’s Marikana mine: the bloody politics of platinum | by Charlie Kimber
Striking South African mineworkers were gunned down by police on Thursday. Charlie Kimber looks at events leading up to the massacre—and the business interests behind it Police in South Africa have opened fire at striking workers at the Marikana platinum mine near...
Platinum Miners
Platinum miners 'will pay for their sins' by André Janse van Vuuren LONMIN and the other major platinum producers of North West will bear the brunt of more violent community protests for as long as discontent over employment, poor service delivery and the harmful...
Abahlali base Mjondolo Press statement | Solidarity with Mine Workers at Marikana Platinum
Abahlali baseMjondolo are deeply shocked by the murderous cruelty of the South African police, and those that give the police their orders, at the Marikana Platinum Mine in the North West. The killing of more than 40 mine workers yesterday by the SAPS is immoral and...
