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The African National Congress (ANC) has issued a statement calling the Marikana massacre a tragedy that should never have happened. Government is faced with a new report that police who killed the 34 striking miners were taking vengeance for two of their comrades killed two days earlier.
By Tafadzwa Muranganwa Ousted war veterans national chairperson Chris Mutsvangwa has likened Thursday’s attack on hundreds of former fighters in Harare to the 2012 Marikana massacres on mine workers by South African police. Anti-riot police fired tear smoke and used water cannon trucks to disperse hordes of war veterans who had gathered at the city sports […]
SOUTH AFRICA – Residents in Marikana near Rustenburg in the North West province must reject a capitalist government that kills people, the Economic Freedom Fighters said on Monday.
SOUTH AFRICA – The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) laid criminal charges against Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and five others at the Marikana police station near Rustenburg on Friday.
SOUTH AFRICA – Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema has called on President Jacob Zuma to release the Marikana report with immediate effect, so workers can know who was responsible for the killings, reported City Press.
A Zimbabwean labor union that is the biggest representative of workers at gold and platinum mines said it would ask employers to as much as double pay for some members.