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SOUTH Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) marked the ninth anniversary of the Marikana massacre today by saying that the police killing of 34 trade unionists should cease to be politicised.
“The National Union of Mineworkers views August … as one of the most unfortunate months that ever happened in the history of its existence,” said acting general secretary William Mabapa.
But Mr Mabapa added that the killing of striking miners at global mining conglomerate Lonmin’s mine in the Rustenburg platinum belt was being exploited by “disgruntled people” to push a political agenda.
ROGER McKENZIE reports on the west African country, under its new anti-imperialist government, taking up the case for compensation for colonial-era massacres
The shared path of the South African Communist Party and the ANC to the ballot box has found itself at a junction. SABINA PRICE reports
SALEEM BADAT and VASU REDDY introduce a new book about an outstanding interpreter of the world, and an activist scholar committed to changing society
The Home Secretary’s recent letter suggests the Labour government may finally deliver on its nine-year manifesto commitment, writes KATE FLANNERY, but we must move quickly: as recently as 2024 Northumbria police destroyed miners’ strike documents