'I closed my eyes and waited for the bullet'
Five years ago today, 34 mine workers were shot dead in South Africa during a bitter dispute with British firm Lonmin. Today their community is taking their demands for accountability to the firm’s HQ. In August 2012, mine workers at British company Lonmin’s Marikana...
Avoiding responsibility: the 2017 Lonmin AGM
By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network On 16 August, 2012, South African police shot and killed 34 striking miners at Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine. Lonmin is a British company – successor to Lonrho, which British Conservative Prime Minister... Lonmin Cannot Wash its Hands of Marikana's Blood
A short film by Zoe Broughton from last week’s Lonmin AGM protest and commemoration for the 34 South African miners killed at the British company’s Marikana platinum mine in South Africa in August 2012.