As the country prepares to remember that horrific day 10 years ago, the victims’ families tell Daily Maverick of their sense of betrayal and justice not served, giving their lingering grief an acute edge.
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.