Collection:Marikana Massacre - 16 August 2012×
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ArticleSouth 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 establish how much of…
ArticleMarikana: 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 mine in Marikana…
Everyone must take responsibility, 21 August, 2012 - Sahra Ryklief
On Thursday August 16, 34 striking miners were shot dead by police at Lonmin’s platinum mine in Rustenburg. It is not yet clear why the…
Marikana, turning point in South African history by Peter Alexander
Marikana should be a catalyst for change, 22 August, 2012 - Gaye Davis
ArchiveMarikana casualties
The following is the list of miners, workers, fathers, sons and men who lost their lives on the fateful day of 16 August 2012.
Miners Shot Down by Rehad Desai, 1 May 2014, South Africa
Marikana and the New Politics of Grief, 20 August, 2012 - Jon Soske
In July 1981, 1,700 workers at the Penge asbestos mine in the Northwestern Transvaal struck after a bitter, two year struggle for…
Marikana Commission of Inquiry: Report on Matters of Public, National and International concern arising out of the tragic incidents at the Lonmin Mine in Marikana, in the North West Province (Farlam Report), 31 March 2015
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