‘Justice for Marikana will only be served if we see Ramaphosa behind bars’ – Amcu president - The mineworker union’s Joseph Mathunjwa spoke at the ten-year anniversary of the massacre
“Justice for Marikana will only be served if we see Ramaphosa behind bars,” Mathunjwa said.
Ramaphosa was then South Africa’s deputy president and a non-executive director of Lonmin. An email he wrote to a company executive at the time referred to the violence which accompanied the protest as “plainly dastardly criminal” and that there must be “concomitant action” to address it. “We welcome the decision of the landowner who has seen the importance of preserving the koppie and the land surrounding it. 16 August 2012 was an important date in our lives and our kids need to know why when they are older about the day that changed our lives forever,” said Magidiwana. accused Ramaphosa’s government of overlooking the need for justice.
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