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SA Sailing community devastated by tragic loss of promising young sailor

The South African and global sailing community were left reeling on Wednesday with the news of the passing of one of their finest young talents, Khanya Mafuta. Mafuta (18) succumbed to injuries sustained in a stabbing incident at the Marikana informal settlement in KwaNonqaba near Mossel Bay. Mafuta was a much-loved member of the Skipper Foundation in Mossel Bay, where he first learned to sail around five years ago. His commitment […]

6 October 2022

Local

Leaders at Marikana commemoration reiterate calls for justice for deceased mineworkers

LOCAL There is still no justice for mineworkers killed during the Marikana massacre outside Rustenburg in the North West. This was a popular sentiment at the event to mark a decade since the massacre of 34 Lonmin mineworkers. The event was held at the infamous Marikana koppie, where the mineworkers were shot and killed by the police on 16 August 2012. Ten more people were killed in the preceding days. […]

17 August 2022

Local

More than 20k expected to attend the 10th Marikana commemoration

LOCAL The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) says over 20 000 people are expected to attend the 10th Marikana commemoration at the infamous Marikana koppie in the North West. That is where police shot and killed 34 mineworkers on August 16 2012. This year’s Marikana commemoration will be held under the them ’10 years of betrayal.’ Amcu says there is still no justice for the people who got wounded, arrested […]

16 August 2022

Local

Gov to pay 48 outstanding Marikana litigations by month end

LOCAL The Solicitor General’s office has confirmed that Government will pay the 48 outstanding Marikana litigations by the end of August this year. Families of slain Marikana miners are suing the state and President Cyril Ramaphosa for a billion rand. They are also demanding an apology. Last year about R200 million was paid to those affected by the Marikana massacre. The Solicitor-General Fhedzisani Pandelani says the process of finalising the claims is […]

11 August 2022

Local

Ramaphosa welcomes Marikana workers court judgment

LOCAL President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed the judgment by the Johannesburg high court last week where he was being sued by mineworkers who worked for Lonmin during the Marikana massacre in 2012. The workers asked the court to find that Ramaphosa and Lonmin, which has since been acquired by Sibanye-Stillwater, were liable for the actions of the police who shot dead 34 workers near the Nkaneng informal settlement in Marikana […]

5 July 2022

Local

AMCU urges Ramaphosa to speed up compensation for Marikana victims

The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) says it has written two letters to President Cyril Ramaphosa to speed up the process of compensation for Marikana victims and their families but has received no reply. This comes as the country marks the ninth anniversary of the Marikana tragedy on Monday when 34 miners died in a hail of police bullets. AMCU says the families of the deceased have not […]

16 August 2021

Local

Marikana trial finally got underway

On 16 August, 2012, a week of bloody clashes at the Lonmin platinum mine in the North West’s Marikana ended with police opening fire on a crowd of striking workers and killing 34 of them. The most lethal use of state force in post-apartheid South Africa’s history, the Marikana massacre and the events leading up to it triggered global outrage at the time. Eight years on, the initial uproar appears […]

21 October 2020

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To date, no one has taken responsibility for Marikana massacre: AMCU

South Africa’s Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) President, Joseph Mathunjwa says to date no one has taken responsibility for the massacre of the mineworkers. He added that the mining company Lonmin has failed to improve the lives of the mining community as they had promised. “How many houses have been built there at Nkanyeni? No improvement, we made money for Lonmin which is now Sibanye but there is […]

14 August 2020

Local

Marikana, renaming of Cape airport will cause political discourse: PAC

wo proposals made at Winnie Madikizela Mandela’s funeral on Saturday are likely to promote serious political discourse. This is according to PAC leader Luthando Mbinda who has objected saying his party has long been calling for the airport to be renamed after its founding leader, Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe. “It will be up to the ruling party, the PAC at the moment is not a governing party but obviously Mama Winnie will […]

15 April 2018

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