As the country commemorates the 10th anniversary of the Marikana massacre, a lawyer for mineworkers injured and arrested during the strike says 10 more cases were settled on Friday in the Pretoria high court, as government moves to pay victims.
The koppie where the workers were gathering on that fateful Friday afternoon where the police indiscriminately fired live ammunition at the striking miners is the backdrop of Tuesday’s event.
The organising union, Amcu, was hoping to amass over 25,000 people to observe the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Marikana Massacre but at the moment, the crowd is far from that target.
Two labour unions which 10 years ago were cutthroat rivals in the mining sector have vowed to continue working together in the best interest of their members.