South African Politicians Turn Marikana Memorial into Rally

A highly-politicised,three-year commemoration of the Marikana killings saw politicians jostling to promote their affiliations in Rustenburg, as the biggest massacre by police of civilians in post-apartheid South Africa continues to haunt the country.

  • South Africa:   Closure Needed Over Marikana

    SAnews.gov.za, 12 August 2015

    Minister of Police Nkosinathi Nhleko believes the court action filed by the families of the 37 mineworkers who were killed in the 2012 Marikana tragedy is one of the actions that… Read more »

  • South Africa:   Politicians Turn Marikana Memorial into Rally

    News24Wire, 16 August 2015

    A highly-politicised three-year commemoration of the Marikana killings saw politicians jostling to promote their affiliations in Rustenburg on Sunday. Read more »

Police inspecting the bodies of strikers who had been killed (file photo).

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