Marikana, also known as Rooikoppies, is a town in the Rustenburg Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality in the North West province of South Africa.
The name Rooikoppies means 'red hills' in Afrikaans.
The Marikana massacre was the killing of thirty-four miners by the South African Police Service (SAPS) on 16 August 2012 during a six-week wildcat strike...
Marikana, also known as Rooikoppies, is a town in the Rustenburg Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality in the North West province...
Johannesburg, South Africa. Lonmin rose to international attention following the Marikana miners' strike in August 2012, in which over 100 striking Lonmin employees...
harsh posture as a Lonmin director towards the Marikana miners' strike in the week ahead of the Marikana massacre. On 19 December 2022, it was announced...
August 2012 Marikana Massacre, the most lethal use of force by South African security forces against civilians since 1976. The Marikana Commission of...
Marikana Land Occupation may refer to: Marikana land occupation (Cape Town), in the township of Philippi East Marikana land occupation (Durban) in the...
fields of Marikana: the cold murder fields of Marikana, by Greg Marinovich, The Daily Maverick, 8 September 2012 "NUM: Lethal force ahead of Marikana shootings...
role in failing to prevent 16 August 2012 massacre of Lonmin miners at Marikana in the Northwest. Some allege that Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega and...
cases: among other clients, he has represented striking mineworkers at the Marikana Commission, Tom Moyane at the Zondo Commission, and Busisiwe Mkhwebane...
first devised in 1992. Marikana - The Musical - A play adapted from the book "We Are Going to Kill Each Other Today: The Marikana Story". In 2015, at the...
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R12,500 monthly minimum wage started, the DSM gave its full support. The Marikana massacre changed the situation decisively. Immediately after the massacre...
It played a role in solidarity campaigns, most notably concerning the Marikana massacre. With the rise of the United Front, and following divisions within...
link to Marikana". The activists criticised the association between Paternoster and Ian Farmer who was CEO of Lonmin at the time of the Marikana Massacre...
gov.za "Marikana: Photos a product of police chaos". 9 November 2012. "Top cop 'walked past' shot Marikana miners". 12 June 2014. "Marikana: Top police...
the Rustenburg area culminated in the violent Marikana miners' strike and what became known as the Marikana Massacre on 16 August 2012, in which police...
that led the strikes in the mining industry in 2012, before and after the Marikana massacre, and the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM). As a result of the...
South African judge, who chaired the commission of inquiry into the 2012 Marikana massacre. Farlam was born in Cape Town and obtained his LLB degree from...
Pretoria. He was Senior Counsel from 2006 onwards and also served on the Marikana Commission of Inquiry between 2012 and 2014. Tokota was born in the Eastern...
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