In 2012, the shooting and killing of striking mineworkers in Marikana, North West, by police reminded SA and the world that, under a capitalist economic system, profit always comes first, even before human life.
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union has revealed more than 30 houses have been built across the country for victims of the Marikana massacre.
Last Sunday a memorial service took place that joined the lives of Ruth First, the murdered Marikana miners and Babita Deokoran. As speakers joined the dots between First’s murder and those that have blighted our democracy, a plaque was laid for First alongside the graves of Ahmed Kathrada an.