Christopher Samkelo, a 23-year-old quarryman, is standing outside Billy’s Tavern, a smokey pub in the heart of South Africa’s platinum belt with a sign above the entrance that reads “no weapons or ...

Armed men reportedly opened fire at an illegal liquor outlet in the Marikana informal settlement in January, killing nine people.

The victims were gunned down by unknown assailants who opened fire at an illegal liquor outlet in Philippi East in January.

The 34 striking mine workers were killed by police at the mine operated by London-listed Lonmin, where he was then a non-executive director. "I would like to use this opportunity to address what role ...

Ben Fogel on South Africa after the Marikana Massacre. The article also provides a critique of left strategy that orientates towards COSATU, the SACP and the state rathering than popular struggles. A ...

At the site of the 2012 Marikana massacre where police shot dead 34 strikers, thousands of South African miners sang remembrance songs. The 34 miners were gunned down after police were deployed to ...

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says the case against police officers who were acquitted in relation to the Marikana Massacre will be reinstated. The NPA said the docket has been compiled for ...

The deaths of 34 miners during the Marikana massacre in 2012 will be commemorated by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) on Wednesday at the hillside where the massacre ...

The African National Congress convenes its 114th anniversary on 8 January 2026 in the Bojanala District of the North West Province, a terrain upon which the deepest contradictions of South Africa’s ...

It was a sad day for the mining industry last Thursday when South African police opened fire on striking drill workers at Lonmin's Marikana mine, killing 34 people and injuring twice as many. The ...