Victory for striking mineworkers at Marikana
Striking Lonmin miners take 22% pay rise offer Workers at Lonmin’s Marikana mine have accepted a 22% overall pay increase to end more than five weeks of deadly strikes. The…
Update on Lonmin and the Marikana mine massacre
…at Marikana http://www.actsa.org/newsroom/2012/09/south-africa-civil-society-groups-on-killings-at-marikana/ Opinion – Lonmin should have listened The killings at Marikana could have been avoided if Lonmin’s management had listened to the workers’ concerns. There was no need…
South Africa's Marikana mining massacre: who is to blame?
…London-based Lonmin, whose major shareholder is London-listed mining company Xstrata. Xstrata’s own record is also appalling (see https://londonminingnetwork.org/tag/xstrata/ for a full list of LMN’s coverage of Xstrata). London Mining Network…
Massacre of Lonmin Miners: Christian Aid partner brokers meeting between management and miners
Following one of the worst police shootings in South Africa since apartheid, Bishop Jo Seoka, chair of Christian Aid partner Bench Marks Foundation, has persuaded Lonmin executives to meet with…
South Africa: Judge must oversee probe into mine protest deaths
…police opened fire at the Marikana mine complex must be overseen by a judge. See http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=20289. The Marikana mine is owned by London-based Lonmin, whose major shareholder is London-listed Xstrata….