South Africa: Four Years On, We #RememberMarikana

analysis

Four years later and there is still no justice for the fallen miners of Marikana. As we remember, tributes have flooded in on social media and news outlets commemorating the day on which 34 lives were lost, few of us actually know the names of those who lost their lives.

Business Day's Franny Rabkin points out that "when people are gunned down in the US. We can name Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin. But how many of us can name any of those who died in Marikana?"

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