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Anger and bitterness dominated the discourse as users recalled the fourth anniversary of the massacre which saw 34 miners gunned down by members of the South African Police Services.
Those killings brought to 44 the death toll of the strike and deadly standoff that followed at the North West mine.
Today marks 4 years since #SA saw it's worst massacre since apartheid. Today we #RememberMarikana when 34 miners were killed
— René Vest (@ReneVest_) August 16, 2016
René Vest @ReneVest_ put it simply: “Today marks 4 years since #SA saw it’s worst massacre since apartheid. Today we #RememberMarikana when 34 miners were killed.”
https://twitter.com/MuNgcolosi/status/765416203942780929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Many lamented that the miners died for demanding a fair wage‚ like M U N G C O L O S I @MuNgcolosi: “A dark post democratic day in SA four years ago. Father’s‚ brothers uncles and son’s laid lives 4 beter work conditions #RememberMarikana.”
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