When You Strike the Women, You Strike A Rock
Learning from women’s organising in apartheid South Africa to present-day ahead of the sixth anniversary of 2012’s Marikana Massacre By Yula Burin Marikana Solidarity Collective marked South Africa’s Women’s Day on 9 August 2018 with a film...
Attacks on mining critics, and Marikana anniversary
Dear friends, The mining industry is associated with a great deal of violence around the world. This month sees the sixth anniversary of the massacre of striking mine workers at London-listed Lonmin’s platinum mine at Marikana in South Africa. There will be a...
Marikana massacre: 6th anniversary events
This August will be the sixth anniversary of South Africa’s Marikana massacre. On 16th August 2012, 34 striking miners were killed by South African police at London-listed mining company Lonmin’s platinum mine. To show solidarity and to mark the day,...