They were scenes reminiscent of the infamous ‘Sharpeville Massacre’ at the height of the racist apartheid regime. The police murders of 34 striking miners, at the Lonmin platinum mining company at Marakan, revealed the true nature of the present South African government. The promise of the historic ending of apartheid in 1994 lies in tatters. […]

As a memorial service at the site of the Lonmin mine disaster gets underway, questions abound over the future of the platinum industry against a backdrop of devaluation.