South Africa's Malema Fans Flames of Mine Killings?
Attempts at a memorial service to honour the slain miners denigrated into a political boxing match. This after residents of the settlement next to the Marikana shaft of the Lonmin mine turned to expelled ruling African National Congress youth league leader Julius Malema who blamed the government for the deadly clashes.
One of the women at Wonderkop holds up a sign behind Julius Malema, far left, offering a reward for the killing policemen.
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South Africa: Malema Fans The Flames of the Mine Killings?, August 2012
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Striking Lonmin miners gathered to discuss the deaths of some 34 of their colleagues two days previously. They were addressed by strike leaders and the expelled African National Congress Youth League ... see more »
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