South Africa: How the Women of Marikana Are Taking On the World Bank

Word quickly spread across the sprawling Marikana mine and its adjoining shack lands that South African President Jacob Zuma was finally about to release the findings of a commission of inquiry into the police killing of 34 miners here in August 2012.

Despite a court recommendation that the president give 48 hours' notice so that families and survivors could prepare themselves, Zuma gave just a few hours' warning.

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