The Marikana massacre started as a wildcat strike at a mine owned by Lonmin in the Marikana area, close to Rustenburg, South Africa in 2012. The event garnered international attention following a series of violent incidents between the South African Police Service, Lonmin security and members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on the ...
Almost a year on from the strikes at the Lonmin mine in Marikana which resulted a bloody battle between the police and mineworkers, tensions are still running high as rival unions NUM and AMCU ...
Slain Marikana mine workers' families offered R100m settlement. Fortyfour people‚ among them security guards and police officers‚ were killed during the violent protracted strike by Lonmin mine workers in Marikana near Rustenburg in August 2012. The majority of victims were shot dead by the police. About 250 people were arrested following...
LONMIN, owner of the South African mine where 34 miners were shot dead by police, has signed a deal with the main labour unions, but not striking miners. By Michelle Faul AAP September 6, 2012 10:30pm
Marikana Massacre 16 August 2012 ... strike. The majority of workers were from major platinum producers such as Impala Platinum, Anglo American Platinum and Lonmin Platinum Mines based in the Rustenburg are of the North West Province. ... with employee efficiency 10 times higher. The direct impact of the mining strike on first quarter 2014 ...
NUM, Lonmin on collision course. A strike would mean a return of disruption to Lonmin's 13shaft Marikana mine, the site of deadly violence during protests last year, slowing plans to raise output and restore profitability. "The strike is the preferred option," Gama, who .
NUMSA remembers the workers of Marikana. ... Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and the management of Lonmin mines played a critical role in the suffering of the workers which led to the unprotected strike. ... it was Lonmin's failure to treat workers as human beings which caused the strike. The majority of miners in Marikana live in tin hovels ...
An unplanned strike at the Lonmin mine in Marikana has left everyone unsettled as reasons for the protest remain unclear. 14 May 2013 20:41 Sarah Evans, Kwanele Sosibo South African Mail .
Marikana: Lonmin defends housing plan ... improve housing was a causal factor that contributed to the 2012 Marikana strike. ... showing a general view of the platinum mine operated by Lonmin near ...
Aug 16, 2012· South African police killed 34 striking workers at Lonmin Plc's Marikana platinummining complex yesterday, the worst death toll in police action since the end of apartheid in 1994. At least 78 ...
Nov 06, 2012· South African striking Marikana platinum miners against Lonmin mine owners ... of defiant strike action in the teeth of violent attacks by police acting on behalf of the mining bosses, when over ...
Strikers at the Lonminowned Marikana platinum mine agreed to a 22 percent pay rise, ... Strike at South Africa's Marikana mine ends as workers accept wage deal. ... ©2018 Public Radio International.
Johannesburg A looming strike by Amcu about union recognition at Lonmin's platinum mine in Marikana will be regarded as illegal, the company said on Thursday. Lonmin mining operations vice president Mark Munroe said: "In very clear terms, it would be deemed to be an illegal strike .
Fortyfour people‚ among them security guards and police officers‚ were killed during the violent protracted strike by Lonmin mine workers in Marikana near Rustenburg in August 2012. The ...
KHADIJA PATEL took a preliminary look. 1 "We are happy with the deal," Hlongwane, a striking mine worker in Marikana, told Daily Maverick over the phone on Tuesday evening. In the background, the sound of cheering and shouting drowned out his voice. The strike that captivated the world,...
BASFLONMIN. 16 August 2012, Marikana/South Africa: 34 striking miners of the world´s thirdlargest platinum mining company LONMIN are shot by the police. In the final report of the Marikana Commission of Inquiry LONMIN was assigned share of the responsibility for this massacre. BASF is the main customer of LONMIN. As a German flagship company...
The long read: In 2012 a strike at the Marikana mine in South Africa ended in the killing of 34 miners. Investigations have revealed one man emerged who tried to lead the men to a peaceful solution.
End of lonmin strike a step forward. The strike that led to the deaths of approximately 60 workers in the mining community came to an end after workers accepted a 22% wage increase. The agreement has paved the way for platinum sector centralised bargaining.
May 14, 2013· Lonmin Plc platinum worker Lungani Mabutyana, 27, hanged himself from a tree on May 5 near the spot where he watched police shoot dead 34 striking mineworkers in .
Stay in the loop. There is no suggestion that either the police or Lonmin officials intended for shots to be fired that day. However, evidence now shows that on 14 August, just two days before the massacre, there was a joint agreement between the company's management and police that the strike should be broken in a decisive manner.