London, UK. 13th August 2018. Protesters outside the Majedie offices. Three days before the 6th anniversary of the massacre when 34 striking miners were shot dead by South African police at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine, a tour of the City of London visited investors, insurers and shareholders profiting from the violence against people and nature in Marikana and heard about the colonial roots of the huge wealth of the City. Credit: Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
London, UK. 13th August 2018. Protesters outside the Majedie offices. Three days before the 6th anniversary of the massacre when 34 striking miners were shot dead by South African police at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine, a tour of the City of London visited investors, insurers and shareholders profiting from the violence against people and nature in Marikana and heard about the colonial roots of the huge wealth of the City, with brief protests outside Majedie, Schroders, Investec, Legal & General and BASF, the major customers for Marikana's platinum. The police fatally shot 34 miners on strike for better wages and living and working conditions while they were trying to disperse and hide; another 10 had been killed previously since the strike began. Despite the clear evidence against the police, 19 strikers were charged with murder, and many more remain in prison for other offences. There has been no compensation for the victims’ families or for the injured mineworkers. The protest by the Marikana Solidarity Collective supported the demands of women’s organisation Sikhala Sonke and victims’ representatives that Lonmin must fulfil a social covenant with the community instead, including reparations, releasing the imprisoned mineworkers, prosecuting the physical and intellectual authors of the massacre, and taking responsibility for the environmental destruction in Marikana. Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
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