SowetanLive reports that Joseph Mathunjwa, president of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu), has described as little the R100-million government offer for general damages made to the families of slain Marikana mineworkers.  

He was speaking at the inaugural Marikana memorial lecture in Sandton, Johannesburg, on Wednesday and said the settlement was nothing compared to the R1.7-billion the government had paid for the Bisho massacre, which took place on 7 September 992 when the Ciskei government police gunned down 28 protesters.  Last month, the government tabled a R100-million settlement to the families of the slain Marikana mineworkers for general damages.  Police mowed down 34 striking Lonmin mineworkers in Marikana, North West, six years ago.  In the days before that, 10 people, including two police officers and two security guards were also killed.  The memorial lecture was attended mostly by Marikana survivors and widows.

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