Amcuâs Joseph Mathunjwa wants Ramaphosa to meet Marikana widows
By Itumeleng Mafisa
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Johannesburg - The Association of Mining and Construction Workers Union (Amcu) has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to meet the widows of the miners who died in the 2012 Marikana massacre.
Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa said some of the living conditions of the widows were deplorable, while some had replaced their husbands at the mines.
Mathunjwa said the widows had been traumatised by the massacre. He said he had written a letter to Ramaphosa but he had not responded.
Thirty-four miners died in Marikana on August 16, 2012 after an instruction by Ramaphosa â then a non-executive director of mining company Lonmin â for officials to take âconcomitant actionâ during a wage strike at the mine.