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In news articles relating to the murder of several South African miners, stories suggested that the miners were gunned down because they charged at
police. For example, The Telegraph reported:
Riah Phiyega said that 34 miners were killed on Thursday and another 78 wounded when her officers used “maximum force” near Marikana mine, owned by Lonmin, the London-listed company.
They did so when a gang of “heavily armed” miners rushed towards them, armed with firearms as well as clubs and machetes. “Police retreated and were forced to use maximum force to defend themselves,” said Ms Phiyega.
Although video from the shooting does show some of the miners running toward police, some eyewitnesses say the miners were actually running away from soldiers, which forced them in the direction of police. In other words, they were trapped.
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Teri
September 3, 2012 at 2:40 pm
This is evidence that no real change in the power or ownership of the means of production has occurred in south africa despite the assumption of political office by the anc. Apartheid was born out of suppression of workers in south africas mines. Anc is still killing workers in the mines. Only difference is those in power are Africans and workers are africans whereas in the 30′s the police where white and the workers were white. Same system different characters.