#August 13 2010 gone home full#
Police and miners occasionally entered into discussions however the miners remained steadfast in their strike action, and on 16 August a full frontal attack was launched on them. The miners set up camp on a hill called Wonderkop near the Lonmin mine. On 14 August Lonmin officially halted production at the Marikana platinum mine. Striking mine workers gather on hill on 16 August 2012, before massacre occurs. The families of the striking miners were also in general solidarity with the protest and worked to support the movement, joining in protest action and bringing supplies when necessary. Many of the strikers instead began losing their jobs and the protesters were met with unrelenting hostility by security, the police, and union personnel and management.ĭespite having no legal protection or union support, thousands of miners continued to strike in solidarity for their common goal - a better quality life and the dignity it affords. These issues were not formally addressed by the NUM or by Lonmin during the protest. The strike was for a wage increase and to address the poor living and work conditions of miners and their families in Marikana. The strike continued despite gaining no support from NUM and receiving no official commitment from Lonmin management to enter into negotiations. Two policemen and two miners were killed in this battle, and one miner injured severely. The police allowed the miners to continue, but once they were about 10 metres away, the police allegedly began to open gun fire (rubber bullets and later live ammunition) on them, and the miners retaliated. The police barred their way and told them to lay down their weapons (machetes also known as pangas), to which the workers refused, saying they needed the pangas for everyday living in the 'bush'. Eye-witness reports say there were about 10 nyalas (military police vans) and two police trucks. On their way back they were met with a contingent of police. The 30 miners were forced by security to turn back without being allowed to meet with miners on the other side. On 13 August, 30 miners were delegated to cross the veld (field) that separated them from another Lonmin platinum mine, Karee, where miners were also undergoing a wildcat strike. The miners were unable to attain a meeting with NUM or Lonmin representatives and events became increasingly militaristic following the death of the two protesting miners.īetween 12- 14 August at least four miners, two police officers and two security guards died in the ensuing violence. This fatal breakdown in communication between the miners and their union further aggravated a volatile situation, in which the miners and their families were desperately trying to have their voices heard and their needs met. On 10 August, a large group of the striking miners approached the National Union for Miners (NUM) local office in order to demand support from their union, and were instead met with the firing of live ammunition, fatally wounding two miners. On 9 August about three thousand miners went on strike to demand a living wage. A wildcat strike, or 'unofficial industrial action', is strike action undertaken by unionised workers without the union-leadership's authorisation, support, or approval. This event culminated after an intense week-long protest in which the miners were demanding a wage increase at the Lonmin platinum mine in a wildcat strike. Following the open fire assault - 250 of the miners were arrested. The police killed 34 mineworkers, and left 78 seriously injured.
#August 13 2010 gone home plus#
Sorrow is the song my soul has Sung each year for a score plus Two years – after my divorce, Which unleashed a whirlwind of Emotions that mark my life as a Sad survivor of a modern tragedy.On 16 August 2012, the South African Police Service (SAPS) opened fire on a crowd of striking mineworkers at Marikana, in the North West Province. Life has repositioned love’s dynamic Downbeat – relocated to an upbeat Spot known as the joke’s on me – Where misery’s stereophonic sound Drowns out all hope of loving anew.
La-la stopped meaning ‘love you’ Three decades, three months after Delfonics earned a place on Soul’s International map with baby talk – A young male’s frequent utterance. August thirteen’s forty-ninth Return reopens invisible chronic Wounds then heightens their pain While displacing summer nuptials’ Joy – much like how a Blues style Syncopation de-emphasizes strong Beats and accentuates weak beats. “Sing us a happy Zion song!” – Psalm 137:1-3, MSG A keyless, noteless, lyricless Chanson is known only by its Annual wedding anniversaries – Twenty-two sequential somber Returns out of fifty minus one.
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