Today in Labor History August 10, 2012: The Marikana massacre began near Rustenburg, South Africa. 47 people. including thirty-four miners, were killed by the South African Police Service ) during a six-week wildcat strike at the Lonmin platinum mine at Marikana. It was the most lethal use of force by South African security forces against civilians since the Soweto uprising in 1976 and has been compared to the 1960 Sharpeville massacre.

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