A protest not yet understood

The massacre of 34 striking mineworkers at Marikana in 2012 demonstrates how far we have yet to go in our decolonisation process, writes Camalita Naicker

16 August 2020 - 00:00

By Camalita Naicker

On August 16 2012, police opened fire on striking mineworkers at the Lonmin platinum mine at Marikana, near Rustenburg in North West, killing 34 people.

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