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Share this on: Facebook Twitter Digg delicious reddit MySpace StumbleUpon LinkedIn Thousands protest at scene of S. African mine shootingsFrom Nkepile Mabuse, CNNupdated 7:15 PM EDT, Sat August 18, 2012if (typeof cnnArticleGallery=="undefined"){var cnnArticleGallery={};if(typeof cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList=="undefined"){cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList=[];}}var expGalleryPT00=new ArticleExpandableGallery();expGalleryPT00.setImageCount(12);//cnn_adbptrackpgalimg("South African miners killed during strike", 1);.cnn_html_slideshow_metadata > .cnn_html_media_utility::before{color:red;content:'>>';font-size:9px;line-height:12px;padding-right:1px}.cnnstrylccimg640{margin:0 27px 14px 0}.captionText{filter:alpha(opacity=100);opacity:1}.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:visited,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:link,.captionText a,.captionText a:visited,.captiontext a:link{color:#004276;outline:medium none}.cnnVerticalGalleryPhoto{margin:0 auto;padding-right:68px;width:270px}
Protesters gather in Marikana, South Africa, on Friday, August 17, at the scene where 34 people died a day earlier after police opened fire on striking mineworkers. Police say they fired at the striking workers in self-defense. Marikana was one of the bloodiest incidents since the end of apartheid in 1994. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":true,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":1,"title":"South African miners killed during strike"}Striking South African miners armed with homemade spears and pangas chant slogans near Marikana platinum mine in Rustenburg, South Africa, on Thursday, August 16. Rising tensions at the mine exploded Thursday in grisly violence as police opened fire on striking miners.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":2,"title":"South African miners killed during strike"}Striking workers are monitered by police during a sit-in on a hill as they demad a wage increase.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":3,"title":"South African miners killed during strike"}A police vehicle takes position as miners sit on the hill. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":4,"title":"South African miners killed during strike"}Armed workers chant slogans outside the mine. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":5,"title":"South African miners killed during strike"}Workers sit together on strike. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":6,"title":"South African miners killed during strike"}A policeman fires at the participants of the protest.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":7,"title":"South African miners killed during strike"}Policemen fire at the striking miners. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":8,"title":"South African miners killed during strike"}cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":9,"title":"South African miners killed during strike"}A policeman gestures in front of some of the miners after they were shot. Police have not released a death toll, but a South African Press Association reporter counted 18 corpses. It is feared more could be dead.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":10,"title":"South African miners killed during strike"}Policemen keep watch over striking miners after they were shot.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":11,"title":"South African miners killed during strike"}A policeman gestures in front of some of the dead miners.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":12,"title":"South African miners killed during strike"}HIDE CAPTIONSouth African miners killed during strikeSouth African miners killed during strikeSouth African miners killed during strikeSouth African miners killed during strikeSouth African miners killed during strikeSouth African miners killed during strikeSouth African miners killed during strikeSouth African miners killed during strikeSouth African miners killed during strikeSouth African miners killed during strikeSouth African miners killed during strikeSouth African miners killed during strike<<<
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A policeman gestures in front of some of the dead miners.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":12,"title":"South African miners killed during strike"}HIDE CAPTIONSouth African miners killed during strikeSouth African miners killed during strikeSouth African miners killed during strikeSouth African miners killed during strikeSouth African miners killed during strikeSouth African miners killed during strikeSouth African miners killed during strikeSouth African miners killed during strikeSouth African miners killed during strikeSouth African miners killed during strikeSouth African miners killed during strikeSouth African miners killed during strike<<<
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"They ordered us to lie on the ground. People were falling all around me," Sikhuze told CNN Saturday, two days after police opened fire on striking miners."Another bullet grazed my head. I didn't think I'd come out alive. That's why I raised my hands. I thought we would all perish there. We were surrounded by the police."Saturday, thousands of people gathered outside the platinum mine, angry about the incident's toll: 34 mine workers killed, 78 others wounded, 259 arrested on various charges, including malicious damage to property, armed robbery, illegal gathering and possession of weapons.The situation was calm, but tense, as police stood on guard near the protest and helicopters conducted surveillance.var currExpandable="expand16";if(typeof CNN.expandableMap==='object'){CNN.expandableMap.push(currExpandable);}var mObj={};mObj.type='video';mObj.contentId='';mObj.source='bestoftv/2012/08/17/pkg-mabuse-africa-mine-deaths.cnn';mObj.videoSource='CNN';mObj.videoSourceUrl='';mObj.lgImage="C:\Program Files (x86)\ABS\Auto Blog Samurai\data\Money Maker\seo1\120817094836-pkg-mabuse-africa-mine-deaths-00011609-story-body.jpg";mObj.lgImageX=300;mObj.lgImageY=169;mObj.origImageX="214";mObj.origImageY="120";mObj.contentType='video';CNN.expElements.expand16Store=mObj;
Woman's journey to find missing husbandDesperate relatives, meanwhile, continued searching for miners who have not been unaccounted for.A day after South African President Jacob Zuma visited the scene of the shootings, a controversial, but popular, politician called on Zuma to resign."The minister of police (Nathi Mthethwa) must step down because this massacre was committed under his supervision," said Julius Malema. "The same thing with President Zuma."Malema, former president of the Youth League of the ruling African National Congress, was banned in April from taking part in party activities after he gave a speech critical of Zuma.He and the youth league helped propel Zuma to power in 2009. But in recent years Malema has become one of Zuma's fiercest critics, accusing his administration of failing to improve the lives of the poor."A responsible president says to the police you must keep order, but please act with restraint," Malema told the crowd. "He says to them use maximum force. He has presided over the killing of our people, and therefore he must step down. Not even apartheid government killed so many people. "Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega on Friday said police "were forced to utilize maximum force to defend themselves."Zuma told South Africans that they must come together to overcome national challenges, as they had done before."This is not a day to apportion blame," Zuma said. "It is a day for us to mourn together as a nation. It is also a day to start healing."The tragedy began unfolding a week ago when miners went on strike demanding pay increases at the mine near Rustenburg, about two hours northwest of Johannesburg."When there is a rock fall, it is generally the drillers who are the victims," wrote journalist Greg Marinovich in the Daily Maverick newspaper. "It is the most dangerous job in the business."The miners, who earn $300 to $500 a month, wanted their salaries raised to $1,500.It came as no surprise that their multi-national employer, Lonmin, said no to the whopping increase. The world's third-largest producer of platinum said the strike was illegal.The violence was believed sparked by a rivalry between two unions that wield a lot of power and influence in South Africa. The unions, accused of trying to outdo each other in negotiating wages, denied instigating the clashes.Tensions at Marikana had mounted throughout the week.The striking miners carried traditional panga machetes and gathered Thursday around a small hill. By then, at least 10 other people were dead from incidents that had occurred in the days before. Among them were two police officers who were hacked to death.Journalists who were at Marikana said police seemed fed up with the miners and determined to resolve the issue."Yesterday the police were clear that today we are going to disarm them and remove them from the hill because the gathering is illegal," Xolile Mngambi, a reporter for CNN affiliate ETV, said Friday.By Thursday afternoon, another round of negotiations among the striking miners, the unions and Lonmin had failed.A heavily armed police Tactical Response Team moved in to disperse the miners.To hear Phiyega, the police commissioner, describe it, the police weighed all their options and decided to fence in the miners with barbed wire -- to compartmentalize them into more manageable groups."The armed protesters moved toward the police," she said. "They were driven back with tear gas and rubber bullets. But when they fired, police used maximum force."But journalists at the scene could not say whether the protesters fired first."We cannot say to you the police were provoked," Mngambi said.Then, the police unleashed a barrage of gunfire. One witness said it went on for three minutes.CNN's Moni Basu and Faith Karimi contributed to this report.Share this on: Facebook Twitter Digg delicious reddit MySpace StumbleUpon LinkedIn We recommendvar cnn_oburlStr=location.pathname+'';cnn_oburlStr=(cnn_oburlStr.indexOf('?') > -1) ? cnn_oburlStr.substr(0,cnn_oburlStr.indexOf('?')) : cnn_oburlStr;var OutbrainPermaLink='http://www.cnn.com'+cnn_oburlStr;var OB_Template="cnn";var OB_langJS='http://widgets.outbrain.com/lang_en.js';var OB_widgetId='AR_1';if (typeof(OB_Script)!='undefined'){OutbrainStart();}else{var OB_Script=true;var str="From around the webcnnad_newTileIDGroup(['607x95_adlinks','336x280_adlinks']);cnnad_createAd("804590","http://ads.cnn.com/html.ng/site=cnn&cnn_pagetype=mmst&cnn_position=607x95_adlinks&cnn_rollup=world&page.allowcompete=no¶ms.styles=fs","95","607");cnnad_registerSpace(804590,607,95);cnnad_createAd("686566","http://ads.cnn.com/html.ng/site=cnn&cnn_pagetype=mmst&cnn_position=336x850_rgt&cnn_rollup=world&page.allowcompete=no¶ms.styles=fs","850","336");cnnad_registerSpace(686566,336,850);
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