5 years since Marikana

August 16th will marks 5 years since the Marikana massacre. On 16 August 2012, the South African Police Service opened fire on a crowd of striking mineworkers at Marikana, some 100km northwest of Johannesburg in the North West Province. The fateful event left 34 mineworkers dead, 78 wounded and more than 250 people were arrested. The protesting mineworkers were demanding a wage increase at the Lonmin platinum mine. The event was the biggest incident of police brutality since the advent of democracy.

This week, VOC reporter Ra’ees Moerat spoke to the Nomzamo Zondo, the lawyer that assisted the Marikana families