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The family of a cop killed days ahead of the 2012 Marikana massacre say they are yet to find justice.Image: KEVIN SUTHERLAND
LONMIN OWNED MINE

They’ve forgotten him, says sister of cop killed days before Marikana massacre

Elizabeth Maubane is angry and hurt. Her brother, a police officer, was one of 10 people killed in the days leading up to the Marikana massacre — and she feels he has been completely overlooked. On August 16 2012, police killed 34 miners…

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Members of the Black People’s National Crisis Committee protest in front of parliament for the removal of a statue of Louis Botha, first prime minister of the Union of SA.Image: Esa Alexander
BUTHELEZI

Buthelezi slams ‘infantile obsession’ with removing colonial and apartheid statues

Former IFP leader Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi has warned against the removal of statues of colonial and apartheid leaders, saying doing so would be akin to wiping out part of SA’s history. Buthelezi, the leader of the IFP caucus in…

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