Miners Shot Down by Rehad Desai, 1 May 2014, South Africa

On 16 August 2012, the South African Police Service (SAPS) opened fire on a crowd of striking mineworkers at Marikana, i

Lonmin‘s Marikana platinum mine is located near Brits in the Marikana district, approximately 40km east of Rustenburg in

To explore the patterns of collective memory in South Africa after nearly three decades of democracy, we set out to esta

The town of Marikana, formerly known as and still sometimes referred to as Rooikoppies (red hills), is based in Rustenbu

Introduction On August 16 2012 the South African police shot and killed 34 striking miners at the Lonmin platinum min