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You Actually Won’t Believe How Much Money And Houses Cyril Ramaphosa Has
18 Sep 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Cyril Ramaphosa has done well for himself over the years. You can bet that not many people expected this man, who fought through Apartheid, would achieve just so much.
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It’s Kicking Off Again – Shots Fired At Marikana
15 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Mail & Guardian is reporting that six shots have been fired at Wonderkop Stadium, in Marikana, while striking miners gathered for a meeting.
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Second Instalment From Channel 4 – Marikana Witnesses Tortured [VIDEO]
30 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Earlier this week, 2oceansvibe brought you footage initially broadcast by Channel 4 News that depicted gruesome scenes from the Marikana Killing Koppie in which one policeman in particular bragged about killing a miner. Now, in the follow up to that piece of investigative journalism, we hear from some of the miners about the harassment key […]
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“That Motherfucker, I Shot Him At Least 10 Times” – Shocking Police Cell Phone Video From Marikana [VIDEO]
28 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Footage filmed by two unnamed South African policemen at Marikana on August 16 2012 show events as they unfolded from the police point of view. While disturbing footage of police opening fire on and slaying a group of charging protestors has been widely distributed, footage of the so-called Killing Koppi – where the majority of miners who […]
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[UPDATED] Amplats Plans To Cut 14 000 Jobs, Government Is Shocked, Workers Strike
16 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Gasp, horror, shock. The poor government didn’t see that vast amounts of jobs would be lost as a result of their poor management of an on-going crisis in the mining sector in South Africa.
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Compensation Hoped To Bring Closure To Miners’ Families
29 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last week Friday it was controversially announced that funding for the families of the Marikana shooting was to be withdrawn, as no basis in law existed for it. Justice Minister Jeff Radebe announced this morning that this decision has now been reversed, and the regulations amended.
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SAPS Blames Lonmin For Marikana Deaths
23 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Fingers were pointed in every direction at the Farlam Commission of Inquiry into the Marikana shooting on Monday. With transport for the victims now seemingly sorted out to an extent, proceedings got underway in Rustenburg with opening statements by the representatives of the various groups.
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Transport Strike Update: More Vehicles Torched, Petrol Pumps Start Running Dry
02 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Members of the transport industry are marching in the Johannesburg CBD today to protest their current salaries. Earlier this morning, in related activities, two trucks were set alight in Boksburg outside the Jerusalem Informal Settlement. To make matters worse, reports are starting to come in that petrol pumps around Gauteng and other provinces are starting to run out of fuel fast.
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Tuesday Morning Spice
02 Oct 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
New SAA chair hits jackpot. Samsung files lawsuit against Apple over latest iPhone. Truck drivers’ strike to intensify. U.S. Judge Lifts Ban on Samsung Tablet. Iran’s currency hits all-time low. There May Be Naked Pics of William, Too.
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Countrywide Truck Driver Strike Turns Violent [VIDEO]
27 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
Today is the fourth day that approximately 20 000 workers across South Africa from the freight transport sector are on strike over wages. They rejected the latest offer of a staggered 9% increase, and asked for a 12% increase instead. They have promised to “bring the economy to its knees” if their demands are not met.
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Thursday Morning Spice
20 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Concourt to rule on e-Tolling today. Striking miners face the axe. China manufacturing dips. HTC launches two Windows phones. LiLo hits a pedestrian while drunk driving. It’s all there, click through!
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Wednesday Morning Spice
19 Sep 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Did Jesus have a wife? Lonmin strikers reach agreement. French mag to publish Mohammed cartoons. Obama compares himself to Jay-Z. Apple shares highest ever. News of The World ordered a burglary.
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Marikana Miners Reject Lonmin Wage Offer
14 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Frans Baleni, National Union of Mineworkers general secretary, was this morning quoted as saying that Lonmin had made mineworkers an offer, but this offer has since been rejected.
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Friday Morning Spice
14 Sep 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Lonmin makes offer to workers. Malema in firing line. Topless pics of Kate hit stands today. Calls for calm as protests erupt over anti-islam film. Film maker is a meth cooker. Lamborghini recalls 1,500 supercars. The crazy things women will do when turned on.
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Thursday Morning Spice
06 Sep 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Clinton smacks home-run for Obama. Louboutin wins red-soles court battle. Lonmin miners declare war. SA wins 4x100m gold. Malema bought his spoof twitter account. Federer out of US Open. Kanye boasts about Kim’s sex tape. Amazon launching phone.
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Marikana Miners Threaten To Kill Lonmin Management
05 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Striking miners are deciding to stick with violence as a means to solve the problems at Lonmin’s Marikana mine. Representatives of protesting workers who marched 5km to Lonmin’s Karee mine today from Marikana, said that they will kill Lonmin management unless they stop operations at the platinum mine.
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Marikana Survivor Says Miners Begged For Their Lives While Police Boasted About Kill Numbers
05 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
The press have repeatedly been denied access to speak to the hospitalised or imprisoned survivors of the Marikana mine riots, but since their release began this week, one miner in particular has found the courage to tell his story.
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Tuesday Morning Spice
04 Sep 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Red Bull heir kills cop with Ferrari and drags body. Rubber bullets fly at another mine. Jay-Z joins Pearl Jam on stage. Assad refuses to negotiate. Much loved Green Mile actor dies. Travolta’s pilot opens up about gay affair.
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Julius Malema Claims Apartheid Was Better For Black People [VIDEO]
31 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
You have to give it to Julius Malema. Yesterday he told over 1 000 mineworkers gathered at Aurora mine in eastern Johannesburg that the government is oppressing “us”. He also told them that it was better for black people in South Africa during Apartheid. Once again, you have to give this guy some serious points […]
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Friday Morning Spice
31 Aug 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Natalie takes gold. Malema prefers apartheid. Drone strike app denied. Roddick to retire. Clint’s bizarre Mitt Romney speech. Maties res apologises for apartheid. Video of crane dropping superyacht.
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New Marikana Evidence Shows Protestors Were Shot Whilst Fleeing Police
28 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Post-mortem analysis of the shooting at Marikana has revealed startling new evidence, showing that the death of the 36 protestors at the hands of the police may not have been due to the police acting in self-defense. This is contrary to earlier reports that have stated that police retaliated at a small group charging at them with machetes.
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Marikana Parliament Debate Turns Ugly: Minister Tells MP’s To “Shut Up!” [VIDEO]
22 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Following the death of 34 people (and 78 injured) at Lonmin’s Marikana mine in North West, a special debate was held yesterday in Parliament. But what occurred instead was basically mudslinging and name-calling between different political parties. It got so worse that Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu lost her temper, and told MPs to “shut up”. She was later made to withdraw the comment.
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Wednesday Morning Spice
22 Aug 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
PayPal Co-Founder Backs Printable Meat Startup. Who authorised live ammo at Lonmin? Times Media Apologises To Malema. Phelps Louis Vuitton drama. Prince Harry races swim champ [video]. Green Tea Extract ‘Eradicates Cancer Tumours.’
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Julius Malema And Marikana Miners Lay Murder Charges Against SAPS [VIDEO]
21 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Earlier this afternoon, expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema continued his defence of the striking Lonmin mineworkers when he went to the Marikana Police Station to lay murder charges against the police who shot dead 34 of their colleagues.
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New Footage Shows Miners Shot At Police First [GRAPHIC VIDEO]
21 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
A lot of questions are being asked after the most recent shootout between police and mineworkers at Marikana. By using various camera angles, including this new footage obtained from Al Jazeera, a miner can be seen firing a hand pistol towards authorities first. The police then responded by unleashing a volley of fire into the crowd – gunning down 34 people in the process.
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Police Commissioner: SAPS Should Not Be Sorry Over Lonmin Shooting
20 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The images of Thursday’s Lonmin shooting are still fresh in the minds of people all around the world. While some Lonmin employees are returning to work for fear of losing their jobs, some face the difficult task of accepting reality in the aftermath of the shooting, including the SAPS.
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Monday Morning Spice
20 Aug 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Assange berates US. Get Back To Work: Lonmin. Top Gun director kills himself. There is a new Miss World. Shia having ‘real sex’ in new film. Kasparov physically beaten by Putin’s government. Facebook Workers Suffer Pain Of Stock’s Sharp Sell-Off.
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