Ten years on, the authorities are yet to action the majority of the binding recommendations that were put forward by the Farlam Commission of Inquiry established to probe the tragedy.
Lawyers representing those who were wounded during the wildcat strike at the Lonmin Mine in Marikana in 2012, said they were disappointed that the president had not admitted to wrongdoing on his part.
For many, the massacre marked when the blinkers were removed and the underlying injustices that have stunted the development of SA democracy were revealed.
The union s president Joseph Mathunjwa spoke to Eyewitness News on the sidelines of their 10th anniversary commemoration of the Marikana Massacre in Johannesburg on Wednesday.