The following is the list of miners, workers, fathers, sons and men who lost their lives on the fateful day of 16 August 2012.
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Archive record
Marikana casualties
- Updated
- 26 Aug 2019
South African History Online. (2014, August 15). Marikana casualties. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/R-0098122
South African History Online (2014) 'Marikana casualties', South African History Online, 15 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/R-0098122 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).
South African History Online, Marikana casualties [website], https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/R-0098122, (accessed 22 July 2026).
"Marikana casualties." South African History Online, 15 Aug. 2014, https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/R-0098122. Accessed 22 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Marikana casualties." South African History Online. August 15, 2014. https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/R-0098122.
Further reading
Article
Marikana Massacre - 16 August 2012
On 16 August 2012, the South African Police Service (SAPS) opened fire on a crowd of striking mineworkers at Marikana,.....
Place
Marikana, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality
Marikana, formerly known as 'Rooikoppies', is a Town in the Rustenburg local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District...
Archive
South Africa’s Marikana 10 years on: survey shows knowledge of massacre is low, by Benjamin Roberts, Jare Struwig and Steven Gordon (theconversation.com), 16 August 2022
To explore the patterns of collective memory in South Africa after nearly three decades of democracy, we set out to...
Article
The Women of Marikana
The town of Marikana, formerly known as and still sometimes referred to as Rooikoppies (red hills), is based in...
Archive
Marikana: The blame game - A special report by Niren Tolsi and Paul Botes
Introduction
On August 16 2012 the South African police shot and killed 34 striking miners at the Lonmin platinum...
Place
Oudtshoorn, Western Cape
The division of Oudtshoorn was originally part of the District of George, and was proclaimed a separate division in...
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