TRADE UNION Amcu marked the 10th anniversary of the Marikana Massacre as a decade of betrayal.
August 16 officially marked 10 years since 34 protesting mineworkers were shot dead by the police during a wage dispute at Lonmin.
A few days before the massacre, 10 people, including two police officers and a security guard, were killed.
No one has been convicted in connection with any of the 44 murders.
It’s been 10 years since the Marikana Massacre but the issues that led to the massacre remain.
The violence, which occurred in Marikana in August 2012, made international headlines and drew widespread condemnation.
Mine owners were lambasted as being greedy, which became a source of conflict among mineworkers.
The police’s response was also criticised, with some saying their behaviour was reminiscent of apartheid.
Amcu’s Phuthuma Manyathi said that unfortunately, not much had changed.
“The state is not making it easy for us by coming forward and apologising so that it is easily accepted,” Manyathi said.
Over 20, 000 took part in Tuesday’s commemorations.
It said that unlike in the past, security and crowd control plans had been coordinated in partnership with the police.
Image (The late leader of the march Mgcineni Noki, known as ‘Man in Green Blanket’ in Marikana a decade ago).
