News24 reports that the latest attempt to get President Cyril Ramaphosa to visit the community of Marikana has failed.  The attempt came via a commitment by trade union federation Cosatu three months ago.  

Cosatu and its affiliate, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), convened a rally in the mining area on Sunday, in the Marikana West community hall.  Three months ago, Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi had said the federation was committed to ensuring that Ramaphosa would get to visit the North West informal settlement and surrounding communities and that talks at that time were at an advanced stage.  While on the campaign trail in the Eastern Cape in 2017, Ramaphosa indicated his desire to visit the mining town where 34 people died in unrest following a mining strike in 2012.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Lizeka Tandwa at News24
• See too, NUM holds first rally in Marikana since 2012 massacre, at EWN
• And also, Cosatu condemns violence among Lonmin miners after 15 deaths since Marikana massacre, at EWN

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