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Things fall apart: A timeline of events leading up to the Marikana massacre

By Xanderleigh Dookey Makhaza

On the 16th of August 2012, protesting miners working at Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana, Rustenburg were gunned down by police.

  • President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    Widow of Lonmin guard killed at Marikana urges Ramaphosa to keep promise & visit

    Speaking at a panel discussion hosted by the Socio-Economic Rights Institute (Seri) on Wednesday night, Aisha Fundi - whose husband, Hassan, was hacked and burnt to death - said that the president’s promised visit was now long overdue.

    2 days ago
  • FILE: Lonmin miners during of one year anniversary at Lonmin's Marikana mine where 34 striking platinum workers were shot dead by police on 16 August 2012. Picture: Christa Van der Walt/Eyewitness News

    Families of 44 Marikana Massacre victims still want truth about what happened

    Ten years on, the authorities are yet to action the majority of the binding recommendations that were put forward by the Farlam Commission of Inquiry established to probe the tragedy.

    2 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the 022 Heads of Mission Conference in Tshwane on 7 April 2022. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    Marikana Massacre survivors still waiting for apology from Ramaphosa - lawyers

    Lawyers representing those who were wounded during the wildcat strike at the Lonmin Mine in Marikana in 2012, said they were disappointed that the president had not admitted to wrongdoing on his part.

    2 days ago
  • FILE: Lonmin miners at Marikana chant ahead of one year anniversary at Lonmin's Marikana mine where 34 striking platinum workers were shot dead by police on 16 August 2012. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/Eyewitness News

    Labour relations have stabilised since deadly Marikana strike in 2012 - analysts

    Government, trade unions and labour analysts agree that the country’s labour relations have stabilised, to a great extent, since the deadly Marikana strike 10 years ago.

    3 days ago
  • FILE: Miners gather during commemorations to mark the fourth anniversary of the Marikana Massacre in Rustenburg on August 16, 2016. Picture: AFP

    Deadly Marikana strike was preceded by years of instability - labour analysts

    Historians have opened up about how the culmination of the strike in a massacre was chillingly reminiscent of the mass killings of protesting black people by the apartheid police in many areas, including Sharpeville in 1960.

    3 days ago
  • FILE: The Marikana community gathered to commemorate the massacre on 16 August 2019 which saw 34 miners gunned down on 16 August 2012. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/Eyewitness News

    Ramaphosa: I never avoided going to Marikana

    President Cyril Ramaphosa has been asked about the outstanding matter of compensation for the families of those killed.

    344 days ago
  • FILE: Miners sit at the 'koppie' in Marikana ahead of a programme to commemorate the Marikana massacre, on 16 August 2018. Picture: Pelane Phakgadi/Eyewitness News.

    Ramaphosa, Sibanye facing legal action over Marikana commitments

    Advocate Dali Mpofu represents miners who were injured or arrested. He said that apart from monetary compensation, Ramaphosa and the mine, now called Sibanye, must do right by those affected by the tragic events of 16 August.

    361 days ago
  • FILE: Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/Eyewitness News

    Amcu warns of Marikana repeat if SA's economic policies not reformed

    Monday, 16 August marked exactly nine years since 34 miners were shot dead by police in Rustenburg.

    361 days ago
  • FILE: The Marikana community gathered to commemorate the massacre on 16 August 2019 which saw 34 miners gunned down on 16 August 2012. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/Eyewitness News

    Unacceptable that families of Marikana victims still seeking justice - AISA

    Executive director of Amnesty International South Africa, Shenilla Mohamed, said that the widows of Marikana and the public in general needed closure in the form of accountability from government.

    362 days ago
  • FILE: Miners sit at the 'koppie' in Marikana ahead of a programme to commemorate the Marikana massacre, on 16 August 2018. Picture: Pelane Phakgadi/Eyewitness News.

    The Marikana massacre's effect on the law and SA's union landscape

    The Marikana massacre gave mineworkers an opportunity to choose a union that they believed best represented their interests rather than stay with majority unions.

    362 days ago
  • FILE: The Marikana community gathered to commemorate the massacre on 16 August 2019 which saw 34 miners gunned down on 16 August 2012. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/Eyewitness News

    8 years on, justice for Marikana massacre victims remains elusive

    The Socio-Economic Rights Institute (Seri) has argued that poor leadership and weak levels of police accountability persist despite the lessons presented by the Marikana massacre.

    729 days ago
  • Cosatu joined the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) during a rally against violence at the Lonmin Mine on 17 November 2019. Picture: @_cosatu/Twitter

    Cosatu condemns violence among Lonmin miners after 15 deaths

    It’s understood the workers affiliated to NUM and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) have been at loggerheads for the past seven years.

    1000 days ago
  • Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa at a press briefing on 13 August 2019. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    Mathunjwa: Cosatu trying to regain relevance with Marikana rally

    Cosatu announced Thursday that it would visit the North West informal settlement with President Cyril Ramaphosa in October.

    1079 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa in Parliament. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    Cosatu planning Marikana rally, Ramaphosa expected to join

    This would be the first time that President Cyril Ramaphosa and Cosatu visit the area since the Marikana massacre in 2012.

    1080 days ago
  • Amcu: Exporting our minerals increases unemployment

    Thousands of people gathered at the koppie in Marikana on Friday to remember those who were killed during a wage strike seven years ago.The event was organised by mining union Amcu. At least 34 miners were gunned down by police on 16 August 2012.

    1092 days ago
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    Marikana massacre: 'We should never allow such a tragedy to befall SA'

    President Cyril Ramaphosa, who was cleared by the Farlam Commission for his role in the tragedy, said the country remembered the 44 people who lost their lives in Marikana.

    1093 days ago
  • Police open fire at protesting workers at the Lonmin mine in Marikana, North West on 16 August, 2012. Picture: Taurai Maduna/Eyewitness News.

    ANALYSIS: Disconnect between business & state contributed to Marikana massacre

    A lesson from the 2012 massacre of mineworkers is the need for government to retain its role as primary governance agent, enforcing clear rules and ensuring the provision of public goods and services.

    1093 days ago
  • FILE: The Marikana community gathered to commemorate the massacre on 16 August 2019 which saw 34 miners gunned down on 16 August 2012. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/Eyewitness News

    Thousands gather in Marikana to remember massacre victims

    At least 34 miners were gunned down by police on 16 August 2012.

    1093 days ago
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