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Will the Marikana Inquiry Halt the Violence on Its Own Doorstep to Deliver the Truth?

Claudia Tomlinson | Posted 14.05.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: South Africa, Marikana Commission, Ian Farlam Lonmin, UK World, UK Politics, Jacob Zuma, UK Politics News
Claudia Tomlinson

The Inquiry has also been shaken by two apparent suicides of survivors of the massacre, the most recent taking place in May. A young miner, 27 year old Lungani Mabutyana, was found hanging from a tree after an earlier suicide attempt due to financial worries.

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Nelson Mandela 'In Good Spirits' On Christmas Day

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 25.12.2012 | UK
Read More: Christmas Day, Madiba, Jacob Zuma, Nelson Mandela, Nelson Mandela Lung Infection, South African President, Nxamalala, Nelson Mandela South Africa, Graca Machel, Pretoria, UK News

Nelson Mandela was in "good spirits" on Christmas morning, South African President Jacob Zuma has revealed. Zuma joined Mandela's wife Graca Mache...

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ANC: End of the Party?

Damon Boughen | Posted 13.09.2012 | UK
Read More: South Africa Mine Shooting, South Africa, Nelson Mandela, Jacob Zuma, Julius Malema, Mining, Africa-National-Congress, Lonmin Shooting, Marikina, Cosatu, UK News
Damon Boughen

The cracks in the dusty earth at the Marikana mine have come to represent so much more. They have come to symbolise not only the cracks in the ANC, bu...

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South African Miners On Streets As Tensions Over Deaths Rise

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 05.09.2012 | UK
Read More: South Africa, Jacob Zuma, Strike, Video, UK News, Police Violence, Police, Industrial Action, Slideshow, Nomgcobo Jiba, South Africa Violence, UK News

Thousands of striking miners took to the streets in South Africa as tension continues to rise following the shooting of 34 by police, the worst incide...

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South African Miners' Murder Charges Dropped

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 02.09.2012 | UK
Read More: South Africa, Jacob Zuma, Strike, Video, UK News, Police Violence, Police, Industrial Action, Slideshow, Nomgcobo Jiba, South Africa Violence, UK News

Murder charges against 270 South African miners whose striking colleagues were shot and killed by police have been provisionally dropped. The count...

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Inquiry After Miners Shot Dead In Violent Battle With Police

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.08.2012 | UK
Read More: South Africa, Video, Strike, Jacob Zuma, UK News, Police, Police Violence, Industrial Action, Slideshow, South Africa Violence, UK News

South Africa's president Jacob Zuma will open an inquiry into a "tragic" incident where police opened fire on miners, killing 34. Speaking on Frida...

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Mandela Released From Hospital

Posted 26.02.2012 | UK
Read More: Nelson Mandela Discharged, Nelson Mandela Hospital, South Africa, Jacob Zuma, Nelson Mandela, UK News, UK News

Nelson Mandela has left hospital, the South African government has said. The 93-year-old former South African president was undergoing tests after ...

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Cameron Congratulates African National Congress On Marking Centenary

PA | Posted 08.01.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: South African Politics, South Africa, Nelson Mandela, Jacob Zuma, Anc, UK News, African National Congress, Apartheid, UK Politics News

David Cameron hailed the African National Congress (ANC) as a "beacon for the world" in fighting discrimination and oppression as the South African pa...

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Peter Guest

Government Urged To Probe Arms Trade's 'Shadow World'

HuffingtonPost.com | Peter Guest | Posted 16.11.2011 | UK
Read More: Saab, South Africa, UK Business, Thales, Jacob Zuma, Andrew Feinstein, Arms-Trade, Arms Trafficking, BAE Systems, UK Politics, UK News

It is a deal that will not die. South Africa is launching a new inquiry into allegations that illicit payments were made to secure a massive $10bn con...

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