Athandiwe Saba, Thanduxolo Jika, Lucas Ledwaba, Sizwe sama Yende, Loyiso Sidimba, Sipho Masondo and Nicki GulesIt’s been seven years since 34 mineworkers were shot dead in a burst of police gunfire during a protest at the then Lonmin Platinum’s Marikana operations. Ten people, including security guards and police officers, were killed in the run-up to the mass shootings at two sites around a koppie where workers had gathered during their strike, demanding a minimum salary of R12 500 a month.
She dropped dead, her family say, when she heard that her beloved son, Phumzile Sokhanyile, had died.Her son was more than a son. He reminded her of the husband she had loved and who she had also lost. An official inquiry will establish who is to blame, but there is another story to be told - the story of the fallen of Marikana.
In Maqhusha village near Lady Frere in the Eastern Cape the infant’s mother, Nandipha Yona, can’t imagine life without her beloved husband.“I can’t see things getting any better from here. We have no one left. I don’t know what I will do”.
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