Introduction During the period 9 to 17 July 2024 South Africa experienced violent protests and socio political unrest characterised by widespread looting of shops and businesses as well as burning and destruction of public facilities and private properties mostly in the provinces of KwaZulu Natal KZN and Gauteng
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Get PriceAug 14 2022About 3000 miners at Lonmin mine in Rustenburg went on strike demanding better wages in August 2024 However in the course of the unprotected strike members of the SAPS killed 34 and injured another 74 others at a Lonmin owned platinum mine in the Marikana area of the North West province In the aftermath of the massacre 259 people were arrested
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Get PriceMining Strikes Johannesburg s new British colonial government forcibly relocated the native population to the city s outskirts In 1920 about 70 000 black miners went on strike to protest their substandard working and living conditions Two years later more than 200 people died in a general strike called the Rand Revolt
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Get PriceIn 2024 Ramaphosa was followed by a controversial scandal during a mining strike at a Lonmin owned Marikana mine near Rustenburg South Africa As protests worsened Ramaphosa urged a stronger police presence at the site of the strike which led to a shootout where the police killed thirty four mine workers
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Get Price16 August South African police open fire on striking miners armed with machetes and sticks at Lonmin s Marikana platinum mine killing at least 35 people In the days leading to the massacre 11 people were killed allegedly by mine workers This is the first incident of this nature post 1994 democratic election References
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Get PriceBy admin demo Striking South African miners have threatened to bring the country s platinum belt to a standstill if they don t see an increase in pay Over 54 000 platinum miners have now downed tools as part of an ongoing strike which started as an industrial dispute at Lonmin s Marikana mine A strike on 16 August led to the shooting
Get PriceHere is a timeline for modern Britain from 1945 the end of the Second World War and Atlee s Labour Government through Thatcher s years to the year 2024 Mass coal miners strike resulted in violence between strikers workers and the police In a wider context Nelson Mandela becomes President of South Africa on 10 May 1996 The
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