After a week of protracted protest, on August 16, 2012, South African Police shot at labourers of a platinum mine, resulting in 34 fatalities and 78 injuries. Marikana platinum mine, lying 90 kilometres northwest of Johannesburg, is owned by London based Lonmin Group, and the group employs 29,000 workers in South Africa. [1]

Overall, 71% were interested in South African history and culture (38% very, 33% somewhat), while 78% said that historical events such as the Marikana massacre were very or somewhat important ...

The Marikana Commission of Inquiry was established following the killing of 34 Lonmin strikers by South African police on 16 August 2012. This article provides a substantive review of the ...

To date, Marikana has a total of 180 identified heritage sites, comprising mostly of graves. In addition to the above heritage sites, we acknowledge the tragic events in 2012 which culminated in the Marikana Massacre, where 34 striking Lonmin mineworkers were killed by members of the South African Police Service on 16 August …

16 Aug 2022. Government commemorates the Marikana tragedy. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the tragedy that happened around Lonmin Platinum Mine in Marikana in North West province on 16 August 2012, which claimed the lives of miners, security guards, and members of the South African Police Service (SAPS).

Marikana: Voices from South Africa's Mining Massacre Peter Alexander, Thapelo Lekgowa, Botsang Mmope, Luke Sinwell, Bongani Xezwi Athens, Ohio University Press, 2013, 165 pp. (pbk) 978-0-8214-2071-3

The deaths at the Marikana mine has revealed troubling and deep divisions in South African society, writes the BBC's Robin Denselow.

Mine workers gather at the Nkageng informal settlement on 15 August 2012 in North West, South Africa, to plan a way forward following violent clashes at Lonmin's Marikana Platinum Mine. (Photo ...

One year on from the Marikana tragedy, in which 34 striking miners were shot dead, South Africa's mining industry faces continuing uncertainty.

Scholarly contributions explaining the events surrounding the Marikana massacre have offered essential insights into the structural conditions that prompted strike action in the South African platinum mines (Hartford).2 In addition, Alexander et al's Marikana: A View from the Mountain and a Case to Answer, which I co-authored with others ...

VOICES. This year marks 10 years since the Marikana massacre and its implications for the legitimacy of South Africa's post-apartheid democratic order. The violence, social division and contestations over socio-economic redistribution, which characterised the Marikana massacre, reminded society that mining has shaped the …

The Women of Marikana. The town of Marikana, formerly known as and still sometimes referred to as Rooikoppies (red hills), is based in Rustenburg, in the North West province of South Africa. The town was established in 1870 and later expanded into seven White owned farms by the early 1900s - farming tobacco and maize amongst other crops.

August 16th, 2022 marked the 10th anniversary of the Marikana Massacre in Rustenburg, South Africa. This was the worst incident of mass killing by police since the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960 in the heyday of the Apartheid regime. ... Lonmin was taken over by Sibanye-Still Water, a South Africa-based mining company. The efforts put …

Credit: Tharisa. The Tharisa mine is an open-pit platinum group metals (PGM) and chrome mining operation in the North West province of South Africa. It is operated by Tharisa Minerals, a subsidiary of European integrated resource company Tharisa. The mining rights for the property were awarded by the Department of Mineral Resources and …

The Marikana Massacre is one of two of South Africa's most gruesome cases of its police using lethal force on civilians. The incident occurred between the dates of August 10 and September 20 ...

The company's flagship operation is in South Africa's North West Province. Marikana accounts for 95% of Lonmin's output. On 16 August 2012 the South Africa Police Service (SAPS) fatally shot 34 men at Marikana. More than 70 others sustained serious injuries. The men were Lonmin's employees and had been engaged in strike …

The slaying of 34 striking miners by the national police on 16 August 2012 continues to dog the South African president, who at the time sat on the board of Lonmin, the company that owned the mine. "Cyril Ramaphosa the bloodthirsty.". The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party is not playing around when it comes to implicating the …

These occurred in the mining operations of Lonmin, which operates mining plants in Marikana, North-West province, and in the Limpopo region, the northernmost province in South Africa. At the same time …

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The Rustenburg operation consists of three intermediate depth vertical shafts that utilise a conventional mining method at Siphumelele 1, Khuseleka 1, and Thembelani 1 – while the mechanised …

South African President Jacob Zuma released the findings Thursday of a judicial Commission Inquiry he appointed to investigate the Marikana Mine shootings. Forty-four people were reported killed ...

Marikana: Voices from South Africa's Mining Massacre. Peter Alexander, Thapelo Lekgowa, Botsang Mmope, Luke Sinwell, Bongani Xezwi. Athens, Ohio University Press, 2013, 165 pp. (pbk) 978-0-8214 ...

OHS also played a central role in the resurgence of trade unionism of black South African mineworkers in the 1980s. While the OHS literature has the workplace as its predominant focus, this article explores three factors relating to conditions external to and beyond mining production: subcontracting, illegal mining and inter-union rivalry. By ...

Almost a fifth of South Africa's economy 12 The negative effects of Capitalism comprises of the mining industry and contributes to 72% of South Africa's primary energy supply.This industry has run into a slump due to a series of miner strikes, which includes the Marikana massacre tragedy that received world-wide attention. 34 miners were ...

Protesters gather at the Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana, South Africa on August 17, 2012 where the day before 34 people were killed when police opened fire on striking mineworkers. Striking ...

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South African police lied about the Marikana shootings last year, in which 34 striking miners were killed, a commission of inquiry has said. Police falsified or withheld documents, and gave false ...

14 Jan. A Case Study of the Marikana Massacre in South Africa. This article reflects on the Marikana massacre of August 2012, subsequent violent strikes and responses by non-governmental …

On 16 August 2012, Thembisa Nkuzo was among a group of women who set out from their homes in Nkaneng settlement, in South Africa's platinum mining district, and began walking towards a rocky outcrop just south of the Lonmin mine. Striking mineworkers had been camped out on "Marikana mountain" for several days, …