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 …
EFF party rallied with families and survivors of the Marikana massacre in Johannesburg where lawsuit against President Ramaphosa was being heard. Johannesburg, South Africa – The Economic Freedom Fighters, South Africa’s left-leaning and third-largest political party, rallied with the families and survivors of the Marikana mass shooting on Thursday at the South Gauteng High Court where a multimillion-dollar class-action lawsuit …