More Marikana shooting victims have since died, others still surprised they survived 2012 massacre

The lawyer representing the Lonmin mineworkers who were shot dead, injured and arrested says his clients are still awaiting compensation.It has been eight years since the deadly wage-related strike by mineworkers at Lonmin's platinum mine in Marikana, Rustenburg.This is according to lawyer Andries Nkhome, who represents the 279 mineworkers who were either injured or unlawfully arrested during the strike that resulted in 34 mineworkers being shot dead.

Ten other people, including security guards and police officers, were killed in the days before or after the incident which came to be known as the “Marikana Massacre”. Lawyer Andries Nkhome says of his conversations with one Lonmin mineworker who survived the August 2012 massacre. “Let’s hope the state turns its heart around and things are settled and they can have their consultations with doctors that will make sure their lives are better. Obviously we know those lives cannot be returned to what they used to be before they were shot.”

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