Thousands gather in Marikana to remember massacre victims

JOHANNESBURG - Thousands of people gathered at the koppie in Marikana on Friday to remember those who were killed during a wage strike seven years ago.There have been growing calls for the affected families to be compensated and for action to be taken against those responsible for the massacre.

While thousands gathered at the commemoration event, the numbers appeared to have decreased from the previous years.Before the event started on Friday, Amcu's Mathunjwa described the mineworkers who had gathered on top of the koppie for better wages as the "architects of the struggle for economic freedom".

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