South Africa: Marikana Anniversary Tests South African Pro-ANC Unions' Credibility

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Miners at the Lonmin platinum mine show up for their roll-call at Marikana in South Africa's north west province, June 2014. Reuters/Skyler Reid

Four years after South African police shot dead 34 striking miners in a bitter dispute over pay, critics say there has been little progress in addressing the underlying issues that led to the massacre in the first place and the once-dominant miners' union has lost support to a radical breakaway.

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