August 10, 2017, marks five years since unrest at the Lonmin mine in Marikana set in motion days of violence and bloodshed, as protracted struggles by workers for a living wage descended into national ...

JOHANNESBURG, Gauteng (AFP) – South Africa's powerful National Union of Mineworkers said it will boycott Friday's ceremony marking one year since the killing of 34 miners, amid a feud with a rival ...

The African National Congress marks its 114th anniversary in Bojanala, a district emblematic of South Africa's economic contradictions. Zamikhaya Maseti explores the historical significance of the ANC ...

IN PICS | EFF marks 10th birthday with rally at Marikana Supporters came in numbers to celebrate the EFF’s 10th birthday at a rally at Marikana on Wednesday. TimesLIVE photographer Thapelo Morebudi ...

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – Hundreds of demonstrators marched on South African government buildings Thursday to protest at a lack of state funding for survivors of shootings at the Marikana mine, where 44 ...

Making a musical about one of the most shocking tragedies in South Africa's recent history seems like a dubious decision. After all, we usually associate musicals with camp, glitz and pantomime. But ...

Two years ago, police in Marikana, South Africa, killed thirty-four platinum miners who were striking against Lonmin, a British-owned mining corporation. At the time, Charlayne Hunter-Gault wrote that ...

What happened during the fatal miners’ strike in Marikana in August 2012 did not end there. Thirty-four people were killed in the massacre on August 16. Those miners who survived and were arrested say ...

Alinah Kelo Segobye received funding from the Rotary Peace Centre for her visiting scholar term at the University of Bradford in 2016. I had the opportunity to watch a performance of “Billy Elliot - ...

South African platinum miner Lonmin responded to a damning investigative report into the death of striking workers at its Marikana mine in 2012 by saying it has "lessons to learn." 34 striking miners ...

A South African commission of inquiry has found police lied about the shooting of dozens of miners last year. The 34 miners were shot dead as they held a strike to try to secure better wages and ...

The sight of policemen gunning down striking workers at Marikana was truly galling. Reports too have now emerged that on the day of the shooting some workers may have been executed far from the view ...