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Marikana Land Occupation

2013 · 34.02° S, 18.55° E

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When
2013
Kind
Protest
Coordinates
34.02° S, 18.55° E
Description
in the township of Philippi East

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Marikana land occupation (Cape Town)

2013 activist occupation

On 27 April 2013, the national public holiday of Freedom Day in South Africa which some grassroots social movements have termed UnFreedom Day, members of Abahlali baseMjondolo occupied a piece of land in Philippi, Cape Town. They named the occupation Marikana after the Marikana miners' strike. The occupation was repeatedly destroyed by the city's anti-land invasion unit.

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