The trial of 18 suspects linked to crimes in Marikana in 2012 is expected to resume at the Mahikeng High Court sitting in Mogwase outside Rustenburg Monday morning. They are facing charges of murder, robbery, malicious damage to property and unlawful possession of firearm and ammunition following a violent strike at Marikana in the North West in 2012. The charges relate to incidents that happened some days before the August […]
Hundreds of people, including children, have fled Cape Town's Marikana informal settlement as gangs and community protection patrols fight it out in a war that has left 23 dead in the past three weeks. At night residents are woken by the sound of automatic gunfire as the patrols and criminals take each other on in running gunfights. On Friday night gunmen - believed to be linked to criminal gangs - […]
Men dressed in white overalls with green and yellow stripes, wearing black safety boots, and carrying their "skafting" (lunch-box) walk the dusty roads of Marikana in the North West. They return home from the Rowlands mineshaft, which belongs to platinum miner Lonmin, and where most of them are employed. It is a few kilometres from the koppie where many mine workers lost their lives on August 16, 2012. On that […]
Amnesty International urged South African authorities to move forward with prosecutions over the killing by police of 34 people in a single day at Lonmin’s Marikana platinum operations five years ago. "The tragedy of the Marikana killings is compounded by the shocking fact that no one responsible for the bloodshed has yet been held accountable," Shenilla Mohamed, executive director of Amnesty International South Africa, said in a statement. The organisation […]
The Chairperson of Parliament's Police Portfolio Committee, Francois Beukma, says they will seek legal advice this week following suspended National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega's decision to challenge the findings of the Claasen report. According to the report, Phiyega is unfit to hold office. She was suspended in 2015. The move followed her actions during the Marikana tragedy in 2012 in which 34 mineworkers were killed during a protracted strike at […]
The Presidency announced on Sunday that government is ready to compensate families of the Marikana victims. "The SAPS has instructed its attorneys to make offers of payments in full settlement of claims for the claims where quantification were complete and are not under criminal investigation," President Jacob Zuma said in a statement. Zuma was giving an update on steps taken by various government departments to implement Farlam Commission of Inquiry […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
