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News24 reports that Tuesday marks a decade since 34 Lonmin mineworkers were killed when police opened fire during a wage strike and, for most of the families, the trauma of August 2012 has had a psychological and emotional impact.
Ten people, including Lonmin mine security guards and police officers, died in the days leading to the massacre. Speaking at a Marikana commemorative event, titled 'Respect & Retrospect', which was hosted by the University of Johannesburg's Centre for Social Change, Nomzamo Zondo of the Socio-Economic Rights Institute (SERI) pointed out that immediate and extended families had lost breadwinners. Zondo emphasised that the families have been asking for the criminal justice system to be effective as they wanted those involved to be arrested, prosecuted and convicted. She added: "The families have said they want someone to apologise to them. They want an apology." And most importantly, for most families, there has been no compensation, Zondo said. Speaking at the university event, James Nichol, who represented the families at the Farlam Commission, described the commission as the "most hostile commission for working class and ordinary people I've ever been involved in". Nichol said what was "astonishing" at the commission was that no one who fired shots was brought before the commission, adding that this was an "utter disgrace". He said the commission should have concluded that what happened from 10 to 16 August 2012 originated from "a conspiracy between Lonmin and the state to crush the mineworkers and put profit before the living wage that the mineworkers were entitled to". Lonmin was bought by Sibanye-Stillwater in 2019.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Jeanette Chabalala at News24
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