Monday marked NINE years since the Marikana massacre, that terrible day in 2012 when 34 mineworkers at Lonmin’s Marikana mine were shot and killed by police during a protest for increased wages. Every year since then, we’ve heard the same phrase: “Still no justice”. This year was no different. The Socio-Economic Rights Institute (SERI) says …
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It’s too easy for our attention to move on from injustice and for us to lose track of the slow process to create justice. The deadly Marikana massacre in 2012 is a case in point. The Farlam commission of inquiry, which investigated the massacre, wrapped up in 2015. That wasn’t the end of it. Following …
The message is clear: stay vigilant or risk moving up a level.