Nomfulela's husband, Apa November, arrives from work around 3pm, covered in sweat under the scorching sun of Marikana and overly dressed in his rock driller outfit. He has spent twelve hours underground chasing a meager bonus with a 75kg machine in hand. Before the...
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First they came for Tatane.
by Benjamin Fogel and Jared Sacks adapted from the old holocaust poem. "First they came for Tatane.Then they came for the miners at Marikana.Then they came for Juju.Then they came for the miners at Rustenberg.Then they came for Madonsela.Then they came for Abahlali...
And what of the women of Marikana? | by Samantha Hargreaves
More than two weeks have passed since the savage 16 August massacre at Marikana massacre and much has been said by government, the mine, the unions, and some civil society organisations. But we have heard little directly from the Marikana strikers, and almost nothing...



