London, UK. 16th August 2018. Protesters hold a vigil outside the South African High Commission in Trafalgar Square on the 6th anniversary of the massacre when 34 striking miners were shot dead by South African police at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine. After speeches about the event, the names of the 34 victims were read and large photographs of them put on the front of the embassy along with flowere. Although evidence against the police was clear, 19 strikers were changed with murder and others imprisoned for other offences. Credit: Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
London, UK. 16th August 2018. Protesters hold a vigil outside the South African High Commission in Trafalgar Square on the 6th anniversary of the massacre when 34 striking miners were shot dead by South African police at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine. After speeches about the event, the names of the 34 victims were read and large photographs of them put on the front of the embassy along with flowere. Although evidence against the police was clear, 19 strikers were changed with murder and others imprisoned for other offences. There has been no compensation for the victims’ families or for the injured mineworkers. Lonmin has avoided its responsibilities for six years and is now attempting to evade them by selling the mine. The protesters joined women’s organisation Sikhala Sonke (We Cry Together) and victims’ representatives in demanding that Lonmin must fulfil their social covenant with the community, making reparations, releasing the imprisoned mineworkers, prosecuting the police who took part in the massacre and the business and political leaders who encouraged the use of violence including Cyril Ramaphosa, now President of South Africa, and taking responsibility for the environmental destruction in Marikana. Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
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