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The Marikana Strike Massacre – Any Justice for the Victims? EP_05

2024 marks the 12th anniversary of that fateful day on the 16th of August when 34 striking mineworkers were killed with live ammunition by the South African Police Service. In ...addition, at least 78 miners were injured and hundreds were arrested. This was the worst massacre by South African security forces since the Apartheid era, the Soweto uprising of June 1976. The Marikana mineworkers were striking for a minimum living wage of R12500 per month.

12 years later, families are left with no husband, father, uncle, or brother, in the home, and many look back at the tragedy with very little support to aid in their healing. Families are now without breadwinners. Morevover, the murderous police members who killed the mineworkers have still not been prosecuted let alone punished.

In this show, we reflect on the Marikana Massacre and assess the prospects for justice to be done.
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