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Advocate Dali Mpofu SC (Oupa Nkosi)

Korner Talk | EFF must bench Dali Mpofu on VBS

The senior counsel capitulated like Courage, the Cowardly Dog during a broadcast interview

Riah Phiyega was two months into her job as national commissioner when police killed 34 striking miners in the North West town of Marikana on 16 August 2012.

Phiyega bid to sidestep Marikana massacre dismissed

Ex-police commissioner Riah Phiyega hoped to quash findings including colluding in a cover-up and misleading the public about what happened at the platinum mine in 2012.

Although two thirds of job losses were experienced by women, two thirds of the recipients of the R350 Covid-19 grant were men (John McCan/M&G)

Police to finally appear in court for Marikana murders

Nine police officers will appear in court on a number of charges including murder, attempted murder and defeating the ends of justice.

Although two thirds of job losses were experienced by women, two thirds of the recipients of the R350 Covid-19 grant were men (John McCan/M&G)

Cyril’s atonement for Marikana: Compensation is nearly ready

Ramaphosa addressed the massacre of 34 workers at the Lonmin Platinum mine in 2012 for the first time since being elected president in Parliament

Flowers adorn the memorial site of the Marikana massacre on its fifth anniversary. No one has yet been tried for the mass shooting but this could change as new information comes to light.

‘Miners shot while hiding or fleeing’

Six years on, police describe their horror as ‘rogue’ officers mowed down Marikana strikers

“I saw lots and lots of corpses that day. There were people [mine workers] who were still alive. We were instructed to finish them off.”

Marikana massacre: Scene 2 officers speak out

‘I understand killing someone in self defence, but when I saw the man hiding behind the rocks being shot at close range, it took its toll’

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How to publish a fees report

‘The manuscript you sent us (bar, perhaps, mention of a R99-billion surplus) brought us, and by extension our readers, no joy’

The ‘Platinum Province’ wants to ensure that gains from mining reach more people.

Still no justice for the victims of the Marikana massacre

It’s five years since miners were gunned down by the police yet no one has been found culpable, nor have the families been compensated.

Speaking out: Napoleon Webster took part in housing protests in Marikana in 2016

Napoleon Webster set to be released after 202 days in jail

The Marikana housing activist will be released on bail on Friday following six months in jail.

Tomisin Adebanji is about to graduate medical school. What happens next

Phiyega files review application against Claassen inquiry

The inquiry found that the suspended police commissioner was not fit to hold office and that she lied to the Marikana Commission of Inquiry.

Rescuers have been toiling around the clock

From historical legacy to Lily Mine: Five examples of unfinished business in mining

Here are just a few of the post-Marikana incidents that have significantly impacted on miners’ lives.

The world moves on but the pain of the Marikana massacre in August 2012 endures

Time has washed over that terrible chapter in our history but the scars on the victims’ families is a reminder of the tragedy still being played out.

Phiyega’s email exposes her deceit

Evidence at the Claassen inquiry into the police commissioner’s fitness to hold office reveals that she secretly sought to undermine the Farlam probe.

Three years after Marikana the legal fraternity still bristles with accusations of bias

Far from excoriating the report and defaming its author, Dumisa Ntsebeza ought to show some gratitude for its findings.

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Marikana massacre and neoliberal plunder

The biggest massacre by police of civilians in post-apartheid South Africa continues to haunt the collective conscience of a nation.

Mpofu vows to go after Marikana’s ‘dirty dozen’

Advocate Dali Mpofu told families of those who died at Marikana that "government must pay".

Australian fielder Cameron Bancroft

Remembering Marikana: Three years on

The Mail & Guardian recounts events in the days leading up to the Marikana massacre, as recorded by the Farlam commission of inquiry.

Marikana families listen to President Zuma presenting the report of the Farlam commission of inquiry.

Editorial: Number One’s unforgivable sins

It’s been a grim few weeks of mounting evidence of this impunity Zuma believes he is entitled to, while evidence is not suffered to stand in his way.

[From our archives] Remembering Marikana: Is this all that 44 men’s lives are worth?

The Farlam commission inquiry should have found that a gross failure of leadership caused the Marikana massacre.

Marikana: History proves that restraint can work

Analysts and academics have said most of the Farlam commission’s recommendations are simple, obvious and commonsense, but likely to run into trouble.