# Today marks 13 years since police in Marikana, North West, gunned down 34 mineworkers. Ten other people, including security guards and police officers, were killed in the six-week wildcat strike at Lonmin mine before the massacre. In addition to the deaths, at least another 78 of the miners were severely injured, and approximately 250 were arrested. According to the Farlam Commission of Inquiry report, police fired over 500 rounds of live ammunition at the infamous Marikana koppie. To date, the National Prosecuting Authority has only prosecuted nine police officers.
Today marks 13 years since the Marikana massacre