WATCH: Marikana residents say govt 'does not care for us', and won't be getting their votes

In 2012, 34 miners were gunned down by police in Marikana during a protest for better pay. Residents of this small mining town say that following the massacre, their lives have not changed.

• Elections 2024
• Marikana
• Unemployment

Children walk the narrow streets sandwiched between homes residents have built themselves. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey Makhaza/Eyewitness News