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South Africa: Marikana Accountability - It's Time Ramaphosa Acted
The Conversation Africa, 15 August 2018
The 2012 Marikana massacre in South Africa's North West Province, in which 34 miners were killed by the police, remains an unhealed scar in post democratic South Africa. Two of the… Read more »
South Africa Remembers Marikana Massacre
Today (August 16, 2018) is the sixth anniversary of the 2012 Marikana massacre in South Africa's North West Province, in which 34 miners were killed by the police. Organisations such as Amnesty International have long called on the South African government to ensure that all those suspected of criminal responsibility for the killings are prosecuted, writes Mia Swart in The Conversation.
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South Africa: ANC Statement On Anniversary of the Marikana Tragedy
ANC, 15 August 2018
As the nation remembers the tragedy of Marikana that came to pass 6 years ago, the ANC re-affirms its long held view that this was a sad and unfortunate chapter in the life of our… Read more »
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South Africa: Forgotten Widows of Marikana - 'It's Like Our Husbands Killed Themselves'
News24Wire, 15 August 2018
Six years after the Marikana massacre, a widow of a Lonmin Protection Service superintendent who was killed in clashes leading up to the massacre, believes that she and others like… Read more »
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South Africa: Marikana Massacre - 'No Evidence Strikers Fired On Police At Scene 2' - ISS
News24Wire, 15 August 2018
The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) presented new research to reconstruct what truly happened at the fatal Scene 2 of the Marikana massacre. Read more »
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South Africa: Opposition Leader Asks President Ramaphosa to Declare a Memorial Day for Marikana
News24Wire, 15 August 2018
Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane is calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to declare August 16 a Marikana Memorial Day, to be commemorated every year. Read more »
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Details regarding several officers' actions during the 2012 Marikana Massacre, when 34 miners were shot and killed by police during a wage-related strike, have emerged in the ... Read more »
