Thank you to Andy Higginbottom for this timely and informative report on the current state of the mining industry in South Africa. To learn more about the activities planned for the 11th anniversary of the Marikana Massacre, see our post here. This study ‘follows the...
On 16 August 2012 the South African police shot dead 34 platinum miners on strike for a living wage from their employer Lonmin, a descendant of notorious UK company Lonrho, founded during Cecil Rhodes’ brutal white settler colonial occupation of southern Africa. Join...
Lonmin’s Wall of Shame the Marikana Massacre On August 16th 2012, 34 mineworkers on strike for a living wage were shot dead by the police in two massacres at Marikana platinum mine in South Africa, owned by a British mining company called Lonmin. Another 78...
On 16th August 2012, 34 workers on strike for a living wage were murdered by the police at a platinum mine owned by a British company called Lonmin. In this PowerPoint presentation, you will find resources for a two-lesson sequence about the Marikana Massacre. It is...
10 Years Since the Marikana Massacre: Still No Justice, Still No Peace Join the Marikana Solidarity Collective for a vigil outside the High Commission of South Africa to commemorate the ten-year anniversary of the massacre of 34 striking workers by the police at...
