A journalist was allegedly harassed and forced by EFF officials to delete pictures he had taken of a stage collapsing.

The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) said the theme for the 10th Marikana commemoration is ’10 years of betrayal’.

Award-winning stage play, ‘Marikana-The Musical’, will be returning to the South African State Theatre from 2 to 28 August.

The legal battle with the Marikana mineworkers and President Cyril Ramaphosa is back in court on Thursday, 2 June, 2022.

15 men are to appear in court soon for numerous crimes allegedly committed by them during the Marikana Massacre.

The South African government has settled the claim for loss of support with the families of 35 of the workers killed in the Marikana Massacre. Negotiations, however, continue with several other claimants.

Msaki directs her attention towards local radio stations who cut her music short. She says radio compilers should always respect her music.

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has reiterated their long-standing demand for those responsible for the death of 44 people during the Marikana Massacre be held accountable

In the latest news in South Africa on Tuesday 17 August 2021, the victims of the Marikana massacre were remembered, nine years on, but has justice been served?

ANC National spokesperson Pule Mabe says Marikana will always remain a dark spot on our democratic society..

Monday 16 August marks the nine-year anniversary of the tragic events of Marikana. The ANC said it stands with every family member who lost a loved one.

The NPA now has a three-month deadline to reply to a case opened by Julius Malema in 2012 – or he’ll seek a private prosecution against President Ramaphosa.

Police Minister Bheki Cele revealed that the South African Police Service (SAPS) paid out over R176 million to the families of the victims

The EFF saluted the 34 miners who died at Marikana in 2012, saying that their struggle played a critical role in the party’s formation.

Julius Malema has a sharp set of claws: The EFF leader was made to retract the Marikana-based taunt he made towards Cyril Ramaphosa this afternoon.

Top police brass have been cleared of charges in relation to the death in custody of a miner during the Marikana Massacre.

Police have arrested four suspects after the latest mine shooting that has claimed the lives of a protestor and two security guards.

The 36-year old Marikana policewoman, Julia Makgareetsa, was gunned down in an operation at Rooikoppies township.

One of the legal representatives of the victims’ families, advocate Dali Mpofu, said an apology from President Cyril Ramaphosa and government was more important the money.

The Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture has been allocated an additional R130 million to complete work by March 2021.

It’s been an incredibly busy year for the North West High Court.

Police officers and Lonmin security guards were among the ten people killed in the preceding week.

Paul Sebegoe, SANCO’s chairman in North West province which is home to Marikana, said EFF leader Julius Malema had no say in whether Ramaphosa should go to Marikana.

The “Forum 4 Service Delivery” promises to act against “lazy” Councillors.

The deaths of two police officers and two security guards in the days before the Marikana massacre may have pushed tensions beyond the point of no return.

The Mining Charter, as well as a broader international debate about corporate responsibility, expected companies to contribute to public goods and services in areas near their mines. The companies accepted this.

Local communities are not happy with the idea of Sibanye-Stillwater succeeding in its Lonmin takeover. They believe the requisite research wasn’t conducted.

The controversial campaign event ahead of the 2019 Elections claimed that the ANC were directly responsible for scores of deaths.

A tragic day which saw miners, security guards and policemen lose their lives.

It was one of the darkest chapters in South Africa’s modern history.

Due to Cyril Ramaphosa’s ties with Marikana, the broadcaster’s impartiality is being called into question once again.

Marikana survivors deny that the R100 million tabled by the government is a full settlement.

eNCA’s Jade Dutton sat down with Cyril Ramaphosa and the president held back no punches on a range of issues that plague our society.

Officers were told to “finish off” injured workers in cold blood.

If you’re wondering what he stands for and the policies he represents, we’ve got your answers…

Marikana was a town made famous by a devastating massacre. Years later, it seems the killings are still continuing at an alarming rate.

What is with this language, Fikile?

Zapiro’s cartoon “Marikana by the Numbers” sends a powerful message. The wheels of justice aren’t turning, they seem to have come off.

The EFF leader wants to make the ultimate tribute to the victims of Marikana

Five years after the Marikana Massacre, justice has not been done and while South Africa’s politicians seem to want to forget, the headlines around the world won’t let them.

An inquiry cleared Cyril of any wrongdoing – but Mmusi says the bereaved deserve better

Ramaphosa was given a reminder of Marikana at the funeral of Prudence Mabele.

The Deputy President had a very good response.

The EFF donated R1m to the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union’s (Amcu) Marikana trust fund, EFF leader Julius Malema announced during the Marikana commemoration in the North West on Tuesday.

Wait…what?

Juju told Marikana residents that the EFF has always been there for them, not only when it was popular.

Hundreds of miners and Marikana residents were on Tuesday commemorating the shooting of 34 Lonmin workers by police four years ago.

Zuma was due campaign in Marikana, but at the last minute pulled out just as residents were planning a hostile reception for the ANC.

In his book, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, John Maxwell says, “The laws carry consequences with them.” He goes on to remind those who are in positions of power to apply “the laws and the people will follow” them; or else, he warns, they “will not be able to lead others.”

The SCA has ruled that Malema accusing the ANC of being responsible for the Marikana massacre is not “unparliamentary.”

That awkward moment when it looks like you’re referring to dead people as cast members.

The documentary has earned critical acclaim all over the world.

An investigation into the National Police Commissioner is an ill-advised plot by the South African president to pin the death of mineworkers at Marikana on a scapegoat, the DA has warned.

Between Malema’s promises of cash for the Marikana families and Maimane using those very same people as an opportunity to give the ANC the boot, it’s hard to even remember a time where we mourned our dead instead of using them as political tools.

Julius Malema has called for Ramaphosa’s arrest, following the deputy president’s involvement in Lonmin before becoming vice pressie in 2014.

South African government has allocated R18 billion to improve the socio-economic conditions of distressed mining communities across the country.

Just over a year ago this video came out, highlighting the president – and presidency’s – blunders, hoping to move the populous towards change. That didn’t happen, but there’s another election on the horizon.

There seems to be widespread condemnation of the findings of the Farlam Commission’s Report into the shooting of 34 mine workers at Marikana in 2012.

A group of protesters gathered outside Lonmin’s annual general meeting at Westminster Cathedral and urged shareholders to set aside R1million to house the families of those killed at Marikana in August 2012

Peter Hain, the MP for Neath since 1991, served in the Cabinets of both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He was an anti-apartheid activist of note, and is author of a number of books. His most recent book Ad and Wal tells the story of his parents’ struggle against the oppressive apartheid regime and his new book Back to the Future of Socialism will be published in late January.

On Thursday 11 September 2014, Richmix hosted a screening of ‘Miners Shot Down’. We were subsequently joined by director, Rehad Desai, for a short Q & A

Officially selected for the African Film Festival in New York, the Sheffield Doc Fest and the Durban International Film Festival, ‘MIners Shot Down’ will now be screened for one night only in London on 11 September

A powerful and disturbing documentary, beautifully shot, sensitively told and featuring a haunting soundtrack, ‘Miners Shot Down’ paints a disturbing picture of the mechanisms of power in South Africa, where corporations make profits by exploiting the poorest.

People living in informal settlements in the troubled mining area of Marikana will get 2,000 new houses over the next three years.

A powerful and disturbing film, beautifully shot, sensitively told and featuring a haunting soundtrack, Miners Shot Down paints a disturbing picture of the mechanisms of power in South Africa, where corporations make profits by exploiting the poorest.

Lonmin chairman retires and Amplats considers closing Rustenburg and Union mines as platinum miners strike enters its tenth week.

The scrapping of the migrant labour system in South Africa is the subject of ongoing discussion between the government and the mining companies, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu told mine investors in London last week.

The National Union of Mineworkers’ fight against “slave wages” adds pressure on South Africa’s already ailing economy as 80,000 workers take part in industrial action.

One year on from South Africa’s most bloody act of state brutality since apartheid days, what has been the aftermath of the Marikana massacre, and have living and working conditions for mineworkers changed much since?

The unnamed woman, believed to be in her fifties, was killed at the Lonmin platinum mine where on 16 August last year 34 miners were shot dead by police.

Channel 4 reporter Inigo Gilmore speaks to the wife of Andries Tatane, a South African activist killed by police in 2011, and reveals compelling new evidence of the police’s role during and after the Marikana massacre in 2012.