Ten years after the Marikana massacre in South Africa

This August 2022, South Africa commemorated the 10th anniversary of the Marikana massacre. On August 16, 2012, South African police shot labourers at the Marikana platinum mine, resulting in 34 deaths and 78 injuries. By August 16, there had already been multiple acts of strike-related violence that resulted in the deaths of six miners, two police officers, and two security guards. The horror of the police shooting in Marikana, which resulted in the immediate death of 34 people, will always remain one of the most violent atrocities in contemporary South African and global history. The Rand Revolt among gold miners in 1922, which occurred during the early years of industrial capitalism in South Africa, resulted in at least 500 injuries and over 150 deaths.