MARIKANA, South Africa – On a chilly South African evening in the mining town of Marikana, men filed into a bus and sat one per row, ready to start their night shift at a nearby platinum mine.

Marikana has highlighted and inspired unrest elsewhere. On September 3rd four miners were wounded by rubber bullets when security guards fired on a hostile crowd at the gates of a gold mine near ...

Marikana Scene 2 uncovered. . Most people in South Africa know about the fatal shootings at Marikana platinum mine on 16 August 2012 as police attempted to break up a week-old strike. But the television footage showed just one of two major fatal episodes on that day. Police first shot 17 striking miners at what is known as Scene 1.

The consultations follow the completion of a detailed three-month review of the Marikana operations, post the Lonmin acquisition becoming effective in June, and is pursuant to ongoing financial ...

Apr 16, 2019· Fighting for a healthy environment in South Africa's coal mining communities can be perilous. Birgit Schwarz talks to Robby Mokgalaka, Coal Campaign manager at …

Aug 17, 2012· Footage captures the moment police in South Africa opened fire on "armed and dangerous" striking miners. Report by Sam Datta-Paulin. Like us on Facebook at h...

Jun 26, 2015· A report into the 2012 massacre of dozens of South African miners has called for a criminal investigation into the police officers who carried out the shootings. The inquiry also found that mine ...

On 16 August 2012, the South Africa Police Service (SAPS) fatally shot 34 men at Marikana. More than 70 others sustained serious injuries. The men were Lonmin employees and had been engaged in strike and protest action over pay and conditions at the mine.

Nov 18, 2019· Indeed, Sibanye-Stillwater, which now controls Lonmin’s old assets, is in Section 189 talks regarding lay-offs at the Marikana mine. But for unions, a shrinking workforce raises the stakes.

Aug 17, 2018· They also commemorated the 2012 killing by police of 34 miners in Marikana near Rustenberg in North West Province. 47 people, including two police officers and two security personnel, are estimated to have died in August 2016 during the strike at the Lonmin platinum mine.

Aug 12, 2014· South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa said Lonmin Plc management and workers, unions and the government were all to blame for the deaths of 44 people at Lonmin’s Marikana mine …

Jun 26, 2015· A comissão encarregada do inquérito ao massacre da mina de Marikana acusou formalmente a polícia sul-africana e recomenda um inquérito exaustivo para apurar a …

Aug 17, 2012· South Africa mine shooting highlights police abuse - Duration: 2:00. Al Jazeera English 28,021 views. 2:00. Horrifying footage of Marikana platinum mine shootings in South Africa - Duration: 1:07.

Sep 20, 2012· Thousands of miners went back to work at the Marikana mine in South Africa on Thursday, ending a six-week strike in which 46 people died. But continued unrest at nearby mines suggested the crisis ...

South African mine workers have gone back to work at the Lonmin platinum plant in Marikana, the scene of violent protests in which dozens of miners were killed by police.

May 19, 2015· The long read: In 2012 a strike at the Marikana mine in South Africa ended in the killing of 34 miners. Investigations have revealed one man emerged who …

Aug 12, 2016· It should have been a devastating wake-up call. When the police opened fire on striking workers at the Marikana platinum mine on August 16 2012, killing 34 of …

Nov 17, 2014· By Warren Beech, partner and head of mining at law firm Hogan Lovells The various challenges being faced by the South African Exploration and Mining Industry are generally summarised into 8 key challenges, namely: the global financial crisis, and the impact that this has had on global demand, regulatory and legislative uncertainty, infrastructure, ports, rails, […]

Aug 23, 2013· The killings at the Lonmin-owned platinum mine near the town of Marikana, 120 km (70 miles) north-west of Johannesburg, shocked South Africa and hit confidence in its mining sector.

Sep 07, 2012· Don van Asperen, general manager for Tshelete, which owns three cash-loan stores in Marikana, says mine workers make up 90% of its ­clientele.

Aug 15, 2016· Lonmin was incorporated in the United Kingdom in 1909. The company’s flagship operation is in South Africa’s North West Province. Marikana accounts for 95% of Lonmin’s output. On 16 August 2012 the South Africa Police Service (SAPS) fatally shot 34 men at Marikana. More than 70 others sustained serious injuries.

Jan 23, 2014· Union leader Joseph Mathunjwa, center, sings and dances with mine workers outside the Lonmin's platinum mine in Marikana near Rustenburg, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Allied Metal and Construction Workers Union (AMCU) at Lonmin in Marikana, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) and Impala mines started a strike on Thursday pushing for an ...

Sep 25, 2019· Sibanye Gold Ltd. plans to cut 5,270 jobs at its troubled Marikana platinum mines as deadlocked wage negotiations brought a strike one step nearer.

Known as Mining Indaba, the conference brings together investors from around the world to discuss mining interests in Africa. “From child labour in the Democratic Republic of Congo to squalid living conditions for workers at South Africa’s Marikana mine, the mining …

South Africa boasts some of the world’s richest deposits of precious minerals and base metals. Mining is a critical cog in South Africa’s already struggling economy, contributing eight percent ...

Just hours before an event on August 16th to mark the first anniversary of the fatal shooting by police of 34 striking miners at Marikana, in the country’s platinum region, the ruling African ...

Aliki Saragas - 2017 - Marikana is a mining town in South Africa where police opened fire on striking workers in 2012, killing a shocking total of 34 men. It marked the start of a grim conflict between women from the community and the mining company, which breached its obligations for worker housing in scandalous ways. The two leading campaigners are grandmothers, one of whom, the indomitable ...

South Africa's Marikana Inquiry must be enabled to operate effectively 26 September 2012, 00:00 UTC The powers and ability of the Commission of Inquiry appointed to investigate the deaths of 44 people near Lonmin’s Marikana mine in August must be clarified to ensure justice and redress for all those affected, Amnesty International said today.

Aug 16, 2012· Miners Shot Down by Rehad Desai, 1 May 2014, South Africa; Marikana casualties; Marikana Commission of Inquiry: Report on Matters of Public, National and International concern arising out of the tragic incidents at the Lonmin Mine in Marikana, in …

Aug 16, 2019· Today is the seventh year anniversary of the Marikana Massacre which took place at Lonmin Mine. Situated in South Africa's North West province, workers at the mine …

Dec 12, 2016· Lonmin Plc’s mining license for its failure to improve employees’ living conditions, four years after striking workers were killed in a massacre near its Marikana mine. Some police officials ...

South Africa: Smoke and mirrors: Lonmin’s failure to address housing conditions at Marikana 15 August 2016 , Index number: AFR 53/4552/2016 Since 2012 Amnesty International has commented and campaigned on the serious policing failures that led to the deaths at Marikana, calling for full accountability and reparations for the victims and their ...

May 03, 2016· Lonmin clearly won’t do the right thing on its own. This despite its complicity in the poor conditions in which mineworkers lived and the role it played in creating the conditions that led to the Marikana massacre. A damning report claiming that the company could afford the living wages demanded by the mine workers was also released. The ...