RUSTENBURG - The South African National Civic Organisation in North West has appealed to church leaders and traditional leaders to facilitate dialogue between government, aggrieved Marikana families and communities in order to pave the way towards reconciliation and apolitical annual commemoration services of the 2012 Marikana massacre.
"Though they appear to be sympathetic, rekindling the anger of miners including deepening the pain of the Marikana widows and orphans appears to be the strongest hold they do not want to lose for their political survival." Thirty four mineworkers were killed when the police shot them on 16 August 2012, while ten other people, including two policemen and two Lonmin security guards, were killed in violence the preceding week.
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