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  • FILE: Striking Lonmin workers discuss a wage increase offer in Marikana, North West, on 14 September 2012. Picture: Taurai Maduna/EWN

    Cops hunt for Marikana gunmen, tensions rise

    One man was killed and another wounded in a shooting on Monday.

    3314 days ago
  • Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu. Picture: Regan Thaw/EWN

    Shabangu hits out at mining companies

    The minister said mine bosses folded under pressure when confronted with illegal strikes.

    3324 days ago
  • FILE: a miner. Picture: AFP

    Gold & coal miners to begin wage talks

    NUM and Solidarity submitted their new wage demands to the Chamber of Mines last week.

    3329 days ago
  • Miners singing and dancing as they arrive at mass meeting at the Karee shaft on 16 May 2013. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN

    Amcu to bury slain leader

    Amcu members are travelling to the Eastern Cape for their regional leader’s burial.

    3332 days ago
  • Miners sing and dance as they arrive at a mass meeting at the Karee shaft on 16 May 2013. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN

    Calm restored in Marikana

    Lonmin miners are back at work following an illegal strike earlier this week.

    3332 days ago
  • Miners singing and dancing as they arrive at mass meeting at the Karee shaft on 16 May 2013. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN

    Amcu to honour slain leader

    Thousands of miners have gathered at Karee shaft to remember their late regional chairperson.

    3333 days ago
  • Marikana miners down tools following the deaths of three people on 14 May 2013. Picture: Lesego Ngobeni/EWN

    Marikana strike a ticking time bomb

    There are renewed fears of violence after Marikana miners downed tools and embarked on a wildcat strike.

    3334 days ago
  • Lonmin miners take part in an illegal strike on 14 May 2013. Picture: Lesego Ngobeni/EWN

    Marikana miners on illegal strike

    13 shafts have been shutdown at Lonmin's Marikana mine following a wildcat strike.

    3335 days ago
  • AMCU's Joseph Mathunjwa speaks during a media briefing about the Lonmin peace deal. Picture: Taurai Maduna/EWN.

    Slain Amcu member received threats

    Mawethu Stevens had been threatened because miners in the area disagreed with Amcu.

    3336 days ago
  • Advocate Dali Mpofu is on his way back home after being attacked and stabbed in East London.

    Mpofu on his way home

    Advocate Dali Mpofu is on his way back home after being attacked and stabbed in East London.

    3364 days ago
  • Protesters from Lonmin's Marikana Mine carried traditional weapons as they demonstrated, demanding better wages. Picture: Taurai Maduna/EWN.

    Mpofu stabbing may affect Marikana inquiry

    It is unclear if advocate Dali Mpofu will be able to carry out his duties at the Marikana inquiry.

    3367 days ago
  • Police closely monitor protests in Marikana in the North West on 14 August 2012. Picture: Taurai Maduna/EWN.

    SAPS needs firm leadership - ISS

    The Institute for Security Studies said it would be embarrassing for SAPS to reverse the rank structure.

    3368 days ago
  • Protesters from Lonmin's Marikana Mine carried traditional weapons as they demonstrated, demanding better wages. Picture: Taurai Maduna/EWN

    Hawks probe murder of Marikana sangoma

    The Hawks have taken over the investigation into the murder of a sangoma who was killed execution style.

    3377 days ago
  • Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa announces the latest crime statistics at Parliament on 20 September 2012. Picture: GCIS/SAPA

    Not all cops are bad - Mthethwa

    Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa says the majority of police officers are dedicated to the profession.

    3384 days ago
  • Retired Judge Ian Farlam and commissioners at the Farlam Commission of Inquiry into the Marikana shooting on 3 October 2012. Picture: Taurai Maduna.

    Police search for sangoma killers

    Police are still searching for a sangoma’s killers as the Farlam Commission continues.

    3384 days ago
  • National Police Commissioner Mangwashi "Riah" Phiyega. Picture: Taurai Maduna/EWN

    Marikana deaths 'deeply regrettable' - Phiyega

    The top cop denied laughing when a video of the shooting was shown at the inquiry last year.

    3396 days ago
  • Amcu President Joseph Mathunjwa says the union has called off a strike by its members at Lonmin Mine. Picture: Taurai Maduna/EWN

    Amcu calls off Lonmin strike

    Mining union Amcu says it has called off a strike at Lonmin's Marikana Mine.

    3404 days ago
  • Police officers monitor Lonmin protesters on a koppie during their illegal wage strike in August 2012. Picture: Taurai Maduna/EWN

    'Injury renders Marikana miner sterile'

    A miner says he can no longer father any children due to injuries sustained during a police attack.

    3411 days ago
  • Police open fire at protesting workers at the Lonmin mine in Marikana, North West on 16 August, 2012. Picture: Taurai Maduna/EWN

    'I told Marikana police to finish me off'

    A Marikana miner described how police beat and interrogated him until he wished death upon himself.

    3411 days ago
  • Ian Farlam, the commissioner of the inquiry investigating the deaths of Lonmin workers during an illegal wage strike in August 2012. Picture: Taurai Maduna/EWN

    Miner denies ‘protection rituals’ took place

    A Marikana miner on Monday denied that protesters took part in rituals to make them ‘invincible’.

    3412 days ago
  • File: A Marikana miner has testified that police continued shooting at protesters even when they were trying to surrender.  Picture: Taurai Maduna/EWN

    'Surrendering miners shot at Marikana'

    A miner says police continued shooting at Lonmin workers even when they were trying to surrender.

    3418 days ago
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