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26 Jan 2017

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Africa News

Protesters demand apology for Marikana miners massacre outside Lonmin AGM in London

"Protesters demand apology for Marikana miner massacre outside LonMin AGM in London", 26 Jan 2017

[Lonmin's] London Annual General Meeting (AGM) recently attracted protesters demanding the company be held responsible for the incident dubbed the “Marikana Massacre” when South African police shot 34 striking mine workers on August 2012. “We would like the shareholders to hear the narrative that is likely to die if it’s not retold now and again. We would like to see the shareholders to take responsibility for ethical investment so that their money is used for developmental reasons, rather than destruction of human life and environment,” said a South African Bishop, Dr Johannes Seoka [who is also chairman of the Bench Marks Foundation, a South African NGO]... Economic Relations Programme Director, Amnesty International UK, Peter Frankental said they would like to see the company act with urgency in providing affordable accommodation for those who live in squalid conditions in informal settlements around the Marikana mine.

[See Bench Marks Foundation statement issued ahead of Lonmin AGM here].