South African police have been accused of planting weapons on the bodies of dead workers killed at the Marikana mine in August. Photographs taken by police suggested large knives had been placed
Early reports suggested that as many as 18 people were killed but on Friday the police announced that 34 were killed 78 injured and 259 were arrested. Senior police officials called a press
Shooting of 34 miners called into question South African government s management of mining industry unions role in what happened
Aug 31 2012South African miners charged with murder of colleagues killed by police Former ANC youth leader calls for revolution in the mining sector after charges brought under obscure apartheidera
AFSPA Killed the Naga Coal Miners in Mon In the backdrop of this horrible killing of 17 Naga coal miners Naga people must decide the price of their silence against militarisation and
CONTAINS GRAPHIC VIDEOPolice defended their actions against striking miners yesterday in which 34 were killed.
Forbes Coal Mine Killings South African Miners Shot Killed By Security Amid Labour Unrest Read more Security guards at a Canadianowned coal mine have shot and killed two workers as the miners during a wage protest
Forbes Coal Mine Killings South African Miners Shot Know More. Security guards at a Canadianowned coal mine have shot and killed at more South African mines that lethal mining protests in South Africa .
1 day ago"It is alleged that on 24 November 2022 at 6pm two people aged 63 and 33 were shot and killed at Nongoma " said Naicker. Police say the motive for the killing is unknown and the killers are
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Marikana Massacre 16 August 2012. On 16 August 2012 the South African Police Service (SAPS) opened fire on a crowd of striking mineworkers at Marikana in the North West Province. The police killed 34 mineworkers and left 78 seriously injured. Following the open fire assault 250 of the miners were arrested.
Harold Maloka a spokesman for the government s interministerial committee into the killings said most of the dead were buried Saturday. They were shot just outside the mine which is some
Earlier today at least seven striking miners have been gunned down and killed by security forces at South African platinum mine. The killings are the latest in a long line of deaths during a strike that is complicated by a bitter and violent interunion dispute over membership numbers. Submitted by working class . on August 16 2012.
Forbes Coal Mine Killings South African Miners Shot Killed By Security Amid Labour Unrest Security guards at a Canadianowned coal mine have shot and killed two workers as the miners during a wage protest
Aug 17 2012South African police killed 34 people at the Marikana platinum mine when they opened fire to protect themselves from armed protesters the country s police commissioner has said. Riah
Aug 17 2012A protest on Friday near the mine where 34 miners were killed by the police on Thursday in South Africa s worst laborrelated violence since 1994.
2 days agoA group of 21 Tanzanian nationals on Wednesday filed a lawsuit in Canada alleging the world s secondbiggest gold miner Barrick Gold was complicit in extrajudicial killings by police guarding
Thirtyfour people were killed after police opened fire on striking miners at a South African mine on Thursday the police chief has said. Riah Phiyega said police had been forced to shoot after
Forbes Coal Mine Killings South African Miners Shot Killed By Security guards at a Canadianowned coal mine have shot and killed two workers as the miners attempted to reach an armoury during a wage protest news reports say 4 shot at mine owned by South Africa president s nephew
Aug 17 2012Some South Africans compare incident to apartheidera Sharpeville massacre Police say they fired at the striking workers in selfdefense 44 people were killed this week in violence at the
South African police fired tear gas on Thursday to disperse a group of striking coal miners a day after security guards killed two workers that had tried to break into a locked
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has launched an investigation into the deaths of nine suspected illegal miners in Johannesburg. The miners from Lesotho were stoned to death in an alleged clash by rival workers in Matholeville Johannesburg. Around 87 people have been taken into custody for questioning. The attack came a day after
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South Africa Police officers after the massacre The fatal shooting of 34 striking miners at the Marikana mine near Johannesburg has met with outrage. A crowd of defiant strikers were gunned down in cold blood in a hail of police gunfire that brought back memories of the Apartheid era of Sharpeville Soweto and the struggles of the 1980s.
On the 18th November 1949 21 striking miners and a bystander were shot dead at a British governmentowned coal mine at Enugu Nigeria 51 were injured. The miners were fighting for backpay owed to them for a period of casualisation known as rostering later declared illegal and had been sacked following a work to rule.
Shooting took place near site of last year s deadly violence
The company confirmed Thursday that two of its employees were killed in the clash. The company said it has suspended operations at its Magdalena and Aviemore underground coal mines in South
Mine security guards shot and killed two striking coal miners in KwaZuluNatal on Wednesday amid continuing tensions and clashes in South Africa s mining sector
Aug 17 2012In scenes that evoked memories of some of the country s darkest days national television showed pictures of police in helmets and body armour shooting at workers on Thursday amid shouting panic
Prosecuting Authority spokesman Frank Lesenyego says all 270 miners arrested after the shootings were charged Thursday at a court near the Lonmin PLC platinum mine where the fatalities
Oct 8 2012Amplats Rustenburg operations had been heavily affected by the wildcat strikes as the company said it has lost 39 000 ounces of platinum production totaling over 82 million. Striking employees
Two miners were shot dead on Wednesday during an alleged attempt to enter the company s explosives storage facility during a protest at the company s Magdalena mine near Dannhauser. Police seized firearms from Mbube Security guards to determine who fired the fatal shots.
On 16 August 2012 the South African Police Service (SAPS) opened fire on a crowd of striking mineworkers at Marikana in the North West Province. The police killed 34 mineworkers and left 78 seriously injured. Following the open fire assault 250 of the miners were arrested.