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News24 reports that hundreds of people gathered at the infamous Marikana koppie in the North West on Tuesday to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Marikana massacre when 34 Lonmin miners were killed when police opened fire on them and 78 people were injured.
Community members and miners danced and sang while holding sticks. Some wore Association of Miners and Construction Union (AMCU) T-shirts and overalls and others had blankets. Families of the miners who died also attended the event, along with survivors. UDM leader Bantu Holomisa, One South Africa Movement leader Mmusi Maimane and Advocate Dali Mpofu were among those present. Mike Khoza, who had been present 10 years ago, recalled: “I was here protesting as well. I witnessed police officers opening fire and we ran in different directions, not knowing where to go. We asked for money but instead, there was bloodshed. Today we are here because we don't have a choice." AMCU's Phuthuma Manyathi said "we have kept this event for the past 10 years because we know what these comrades died for". Manyathi added: “There is also no community upliftment. As you can see...there is no development of the area, no justice and no one has been arrested [for the killing of 34 miners]; it's [a] betrayal because nobody cares on the side of government. There has never been any changes of any sort. So we actually feel like we are betrayed by those we put in power.” In a statement on Tuesday, the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS) and Amnesty International SA said the government had "failed to deliver more than 2,000 promised houses in Marikana, while Sibanye-Stillwater evaded accountability and points fingers at Lonmin". Sibanye-Stillwater bought Lonmin in 2009.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Jeanette Chabalala at News24
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