Blogs about: Marikana
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A Marikana miner speaks
To my mind, this brief report (below) by lawyer Jim Nichol sums up the experience and feelings of many ordinary miners who survived the horrific tragedy at Marikana. by Jim Nichol Shocking testimony i… more →
Terry Bell Writes
SAPS website hacked, whistle-blowers' info exposed!!!
wrote 1 day ago: On Friday, hackers had compromised all private data of 16,000 people who had alerted the South Afric … more →
Marikana round up
wrote 6 days ago: The Lonmin mine strike has ended and South Africa hopes to turn the page on the bloodiest chapter in … more →
Second Marikana witness implicates top cop!
wrote 6 days ago: ANOTHER police witness has named the North West operational response head Brigadier Adriaan Calitz a … more →
Rival unions, corruption, and the corporate state
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wrote 1 week ago: TW: violence against protesters, violence against unionized workers How about another quick peek at … more →
President Zuma analysed and Helen Zille exposed!
wrote 1 week ago: Jacob Zuma & Helen Zille Like any country I do not blame South African politics at all, it’s a w … more →
The women of Marikana speak...
wrote 1 week ago: (This article was published in Marie Claire magazine in South Africa in May 2013) Written by Yazeed … more →
Marikana Land Occupation Eviction
wrote 1 week ago: Land occupation by Abahlali baseMjondolo the night of the 30th April and eviction by the City of Cap … more →
Killing Kopie
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wrote 1 week ago: The striking rock formation in front of what Peter Alexander refers to as the Killing Kopie, where t … more →
WE MUST ABIDE BY PRINCIPLES OF SELFLESSNESS AND TOTAL DEVOTION: A CALL TO PAC MEMBERS
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wrote 1 week ago: The PAC of Azania The Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) is not an abstract lifeless thing. The … more →
Marikana story of the year 2012
wrote 2 weeks ago: Unless you’re, say, the National Press Club of South Africa, there would be no doubt that the … more →
MARIKANA- A moment in time.
wrote 2 weeks ago: A Chorus In Darkness. A Guerilla Battlecry (book review) Buy this book at once. Buy it, and find a … more →
The ZUUPTA Blackwash
wrote 2 weeks ago: The ZUUPTA fiasco doesn’t qualify as a whitewash. It’s a blackwash. They didn’t ta … more →
Police changed their story - Bizos
wrote 2 weeks ago: GEORGE Bizos came out with guns blazing yesterday, accusing the police of peddling a new version of … more →
The Gupta Straw That Broke The Camel's Back
wrote 2 weeks ago: Zuma came to power in 2009. Since then we have witnessed the Gupta Waterkloof debacle, the Eastern C … more →
Marikana: New Land Occupation Founded on UnFreedom Day 2013
wrote 3 weeks ago: Marikana: A New Land Occupation Founded on UnFreedom Day 2013 Members of Abahlali baseMjondolo of th … more →
News Analysis: “Marikana Massacre”
wrote 3 weeks ago: On August 16th 2012 an atrocity occurred in South Africa the likes of which had not been seen since … more →
The Runaway Union: Notes on Marikana and the National Union of Mineworkers
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wrote 3 weeks ago: I have been interested in forms of organisation in general, and unions in particular, for some time … more →
Officer sentenced to 10 years for road rage murder
wrote 3 weeks ago: The South African Police Service has come under scrutiny following recent cases of misconduct by som … more →
Mystery of 'missing Marikana tapes'
wrote 4 weeks ago: Startling revelations of “missing” police footage emerged at the Marikana commission of … more →
