Victims are still fighting for justice a decade after Marikana and have vowed to continue trying to hold President Cyril Ramaphosa and others accountable for the massacre as so much, but so little, seems to have changed.
Ramaphosa also said the court had not established that he bore any legal duty in relation to the Marikana tragedy or that he was the cause of harmful conduct.
Not a single SAPS member has been charged for the killing of 34 people in Marikana on 16 August 2012. In the latest in our Lest We Forget series, which revisits issues that demand accountability, we look at the ongoing fight for justice for the Marikana victims.
In Marikana: A People’s History, Julian Brown, a political studies professor at Wits University, has crafted what is probably the most comprehensive account to date of the Marikana massacre and its aftermath. But there are some curious omissions which detract from what is, in many ways, a fin.