Marikana miners' strike

When

10 Aug 2012 – 20 Sep 2012

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

47

Coordinates

25.68° S, 27.51° E

Description

2012 killing of striking miners by police in Wonderkop, North West, South Africa

2012 killing of striking miners by police in Wonderkop, North West, South Africa

The Marikana massacre was the killing of thirty-four miners by the South African Police Service (SAPS) on 16 August 2012 during a six-week wildcat strike at the Lonmin platinum mine at Marikana near Rustenburg in South Africa's North West province.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The death toll following yesterday's clash between South African police and Lonmin striking miners in Marikana, Rustenburg, rises to 34. South African…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “les mineurs de Marikana déclenchent une grève sauvage”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page