South African mine shootings: A tragedy that should never have happened

Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sat, 2012-08-18

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<span class="date-display-single">Sun, 19/08/2012</span> </div>
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<p>The aricle below is an August 18 editorial in <a href="http://www.amandlapublishers.co.za/">progressive South African magazine <em>Amandla</em></a>.</p>
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<p>No event since the end of Apartheid sums up the shallowness of the transformation in this country like the Marikana massacre. </p>
<p>What occurred will be debated for years. It is already clear the mineworkers will be blamed for being violent. The mineworkers will be painted as savages.</p>
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