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South Africa: No Love for Ramaphosa After Marikana Massacre Tweet
allAfrica, 16 August 2019
A tweet by Cyril Ramaphosa commemorating the seventh anniversary of the Marikana Massacre has elicited angry responses from users who slammed the President saying that he not only… Read more »
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South Africa: 'Never Again Can We Allow Such a Tragedy to Befall Our Nation' - Ramaphosa On Marikana Massacre
News24Wire, 16 August 2019
A "tragedy" like the Marikana massacre should never happen again, President Cyril Ramaphosa has said in a tweet. Read more »
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South Africa: 7 Years Since Marikana Massacre and 'Still No Justice'
News24Wire, 16 August 2019
Friday marks seven years since 34 mineworkers were shot dead in a burst of police gunfire during a protest at the then Lonmin Platinum's Marikana operations, but families have yet… Read more »
'No Justice' for South African Miners Seven Years After Massacre
The seventh anniversary of the Marikana Massacre, which saw 34 miners at Lonmin Platinum's Marikana operations shot dead during a protest, has brought no sign of justice for the affected families; not a single police officer has been prosecuted since the shooting and none of the recommendations made by the Farlam Commission of Inquiry have been implemented.
Striking Lonmin miners gather on a hill near the Marikana mine before the shooting in 2012 (file photo).
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Today (August 16, 2018) is the sixth anniversary of the 2012 Marikana massacre in South Africa's North West Province, in which 34 miners were killed by the police. ... Read more »
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On August 16, 2012, 34 Lonmin miners were killed and 78 injured, some permanently disabled, after police opened fire on them following days of protests over pay increases and ... Read more »
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Details regarding several officers' actions during the 2012 Marikana Massacre, when 34 miners were shot and killed by police during a wage-related strike, have emerged in the ... Read more »
