Between 11 and 16 August 2012, the Lonmin platinum mine at Marikana, in South Africa\'s North West Province, witnessed a tragedy in which 34 miners were killed, more than 70 injured, and approximately 250 people arrested.
The fact that the police.
The event was also a turning point in South African history.
The brutality of the shootings was indeed no different from state-sponsored violence in the apartheid era.
The Marikana massacre remains a scar in the tissue of post-democratic South Africa.
Between 11 and 16 August 2012, the Lonmin platinum mine at Marikana, in South Africa\'s North West Province, witnessed a tragedy in which 34 miners were killed, more than 70 injured, and approximately 250 people arrested