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The Marikana Massacre: South Africa's Deadly Strike
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- Опубліковано 31 тра 2024
- Explore South Africa's dark history and the Marikana Massacre, where 34 miners were killed in a tragic clash between police and strikers. Uncover the stories of those involved and the impact on the nation.
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The ANC promised to destroy Apartheid and transform South Africa. They transformed Apartheid and destroyed South Africa.
Best comment i have ever seen😂
accurate
Fr, if the people gonna thrash their communities and loot like morons!, ANC is getting exactly what they wanted, the people "divided" and against each other
GG
OMG dude that's f#ckin brilliant it ought to be the headlines in the new york times every time they do a story on SA
The international media talked about the Sharpville massacre in 1960 for decades but forgot about the Marikana massacre after a couple of days. Strange.
Corporate media seldom chooses to report pro-corporate atrocities.
@@jennaxoxox4821 Sharpville was committed by white people while Marikana was not and left wing media will always focus on that.
@@jennaxoxox4821 left wing media chooses to report what it wants.
@@buy_large_mansions don’t start that BS. You know better. Corporate media is corporate media. The boardrooms are packed with right wingers searching for a tax shelter. The only difference is that Murdoch media is willing to lie to their viewers. I’m waiting for another rerun of the 2014 caravan footage to scare the homogenous blondes in the northern states right before the election. They’ve already done that play in 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2022.
That is odd. Any idea why?
I'm a South African in SA and a huge fan of your work, my face lit up when I saw this.
Thank you for covering it, you never miss and are impartial when detailing something.
This was the type of government they grew up with under apartheid, so once they got into power they ended up slipping into exactly the type of hard line governance they knew and understood, they had no other experience and you repeat what you know, totally selling out the dream to turn it into a nightmare
@@jessgunn6639basically what happened in Liberia
@@jessgunn6639I think you're over analyzing it..was simply bad management from all sides. It also doesn't help that to be a South African policeman, basically all you need is a matric and about 6 months of low standard training. To get a Matric in SA you need an average passmark of 30%
People seem to think that so many problems are caused by complicated socioeconomic factors and generational distress.. In this case its just a lack of professionalism thanks to a corrupt/inept socialist government
@@Fruitloopz13 Oh, so like in the US then.
Please do more videos on South Africa. From a South African. Your content is always well researched, factual and objective. I love seeing the ANC government getting exposed for what it is
All he is doing is summarising Wikipedia.
@@Mike--Oxmall I doubt it
@@Fruitloopz13 Lmao thats where all UA-camrs go and get their information from, do you think they actually bother doing any research besides that?
@@Mike--Oxmall name checks out
@Mike--Oxmall did you actually read the Wikipedia entry? It's pretty narrow minded to say that ALL of any group does anything a certain way.. especially when the guy works with a team of writers. Just because the same info relating to a historical event shows up on Wikipedia doesn't mean that it was the source. Even if that were the case (it's not) still well presented and factual
I'm a South African and still living in SA. This whole situation could have been prevented if only the SA government had any idea of actually ruling a country and not plundering it and the people and bringing the whole of SA to the brink of total collapse and unfortunately most probably violence and bloodshed. Just look at our economy, crime and the number of people without work and then they are proud of the number of people now on social grants and how they did it. I just don't see any future for my son here who is now 9. But unfortunately not all of us can go somewhere else.
Can go to a country that suits your needs.
I’m native to South Africa- my ancestors and my blood is South Africa, however there came a time when I decided that to leave and try a new life elsewhere. We will die and leave this world so it’s not worth trying to hold on.
@@The_barefoot_bedouinif only a ticket and a new life were free, everyone would do as you did.
Come to America, we are letting in people from all over the world. If you are a white South African you might have some trouble but I would rather live in South America any day than where you are. I honestly would get a plane tans walk through the border. We need decent immigration and we don’t have that currently.
It's a filthy party who only think about their own pockets and it's caused a horrid mindset in the young where they don't care if there's corruption they vote because they personally benifit
I do hope that somehow your personal situation improves enough that you can get your son out and move somewhere he can have a future. I can not even begin to fathom the fears you have as a parent but you are in my thoughts, as is your child. My words seem empty even to myself. But they come from a place of love and humanity and I hope they are received that way. ❤
And remember, if you think "the government wouldnt do that!", oh yes they would.
That's why I support the 2nd Amendment of the US Bill of Rights.
@@WanderingMiqo That hasn't stopped the US government either though.
@@Tony.795 So let's just give up our rights then.
@@Tony.795because the government keeps infringing on it, reducing amount of firepower one can have.
@WanderingMiqo Yea, because your handful of weapons can stop a FBI Swat team or drone strike.
Your coverage of South African crime and issues are always so thorough and well presented, often better than what we get ourselves in South Africa!
Massive fan of your work! Hoping you cover more South African serial killers (we have many!) especially on the casual criminalist. Keep up the great work :)
True, but much respect to Carte Blanche
That’s the ANC and their buddies for you! They are only there to fill their own pockets and don’t care about anyone else!! This video makes me so angry!!!😡
Imagine if ppl could see this video before elections, anc would be done for good
Literally everything the pro apartheid people said would happen if apartheid dissolved happened lmao.
@@constantinethecataphract5949 that's a very wierd thing to say, I'm anti apartheid as should everyone who isn't a rascist be 👀
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What should have happened is all the Whites should have gone to Europe after the end of apartheid.
@@constantinethecataphract5949and the blacks should have gone back to West Africa, right?
Wow! As a South African I did not know most of the nitty gritty information, I knew the basics. Thank you for this
As a SA’n. Thanx for shedding light on this massacre.
Its heartbreaking that many were killed just bc they wanted a better life for themselves 😔
Probably had something to do with machete slaughtering a security guard.
@@crampusmaximus8849 around that time the popular banners of the ANC under ZUMA where blatant calls back to tribalism mentality. . .its no surprise.
I was staying at a training centre by the mine..they petrol bombed car while we were sleeping and attacked people. They even attacked people with machetes and we were sent home cause it was dangerous for us.
Shedding light I see what you did there😂
@@Darkenergy104 😅😅that comment was after the election
Treat people like shit and act surprised when they are upset 😯 who would have thought.
Rip to those who died that's a truly sad story...
Im south african and not even i learnt about this in school. The only massacre we learnt about was the sharpville massacre. Amazing video.
Probably because it wasn't the 'right kind of massacre'
ANC indoctrination 😂
@@Fish-Addict I mean the ANC does set the national education guidelines on what must be taught and what not... It no different than the prelude to all dictatorships...
@@armablign exactly, the ANC syllabus teaches you WHAT to think, not HOW to think.
How old are you, this happened a few years back it was all over the news
Simon, you are the best! Rest in Peace Mambush and all the miners who lost their lives in that massacre.
Such an unthreatening term "unofficial settlement" but hard to think of that way once you've visited one and seen how the people are forced to live !!
The power of euphemisms!
The sad part is They are not really forced to. These settlements are some of the best opportunities for a large swath of the population. Just look at artisanal mining in the Congo and realize the people flocked to these areas because it’s better then famine or warfare.
Informal settlement not unofficial!
@@Michael-nu6fb You kinda missed the point of the comment, but thank you anyway !!
Absolutely disgusting what Ramaphosa and his Kleptogarchy did to their own people. And, still continue to do. God save South Africa
No need for "their own people" we all ppl David,Iba nobuntu
And while it seems like things are slowly changing but in what direction it is only time will tell
@@itsnevertoolatetodotherigh3271 Well it's not like this massacre affected anyone outside of South Africa.. So yeah, "their own people" is correct. They did this to the people who elected them.
Kleptogarchic ineptocracy😂 otherwise known as Socialist
@@Phearsum I think u know what he or she meant by own ppl, but we can both choose to play "uhhhh HHH" ...Dom I mean
If a country experiences blackouts, it has failed. Anybody still living there should get out while they still can. There is no way back.
Nelson would be appalled by his party’s behaviour.
Nelson was part of the problem...
Were would they go? Go to other black african.coutry or north african nation or become dangerous illigal migrants
Thanks for providing coverage of this dark chapter, I had never heard of it before
That initial description is pretty much what South Africa is as a whole.
Exactly..The place is out of controlm
You have not mentioned that the current president (Cyril Ramaphosa) was at that time a sitting MP, mine boss/ stakeholder and was part of a mine union before was one of the people that was charged as being complicit in the events leading to this massacre
He was one of the heads that signed off on the call for security, and the call for not meeting demands, and many see him as being responsible for this event
Well-constructed and informative documentary article from you at Into the Shadows😁. Very regrettable indeed what happened there in S. Africa... . With news articles like this one there will always be a hope for the future. Thnk you again.
If everyone is at fault, no one is to blame somehow. Interesting how that works.
I hate when I hear about about striking workers who then harass or hurt the workers who don't want to strike
Unions, while good in concept are often quick to become a gang in their own right.
Mob mentality takes hold, and it becomes you're either with us or against us mindset, which helps no one.
@@WhiteIkiryo-yt2ityou hust have to look at new yorks unions during the mafia years. There wasnt a single union in new york that wasnt mob owned or affiliated. If you greased the right pockets in the union you could get away with anything. Dont pay and suddenly its strikes, walkouts and production issues.
@@WhiteIkiryo-yt2it I guarantee you a lot more bad cops would not have their jobs anymore if the police unions didn't protect them
years ago, when the transport industry was on strike, people o worked with threatened my life. A few days later, when the strike was over they were my friend. Mob mentality is dangerous.
Btw you electric vehicle people. This is how they mine all the metals.
No south African strike is without weapons. Just look at the images. (Not just in this video). The mob culture has always been there. Not that I blame the people. But then there is a reason why all public transport has been destroyed. Another despicable act was the xenophobia attacks against Zimbabweans. The police, as bad and corrupt, has an incredibly hard job to do.
Mob culture exists in all races ppl usually find it easier to flow with their own it's how things are, yr point
@@itsnevertoolatetodotherigh3271 to some extent that is true but the violence aspect is cultural. E.g Dutch, Chinese, German protests are very different from France, Spain protests. South African protests often lead to violence. This was true 70 years ago. The Zulu is a warrior nation. Trying to compare ethnicity does a disservice to geography.
@@fritsgerms3565 yep Zulus have that ingrained in their culture, yes I agree with what you just said
Mob mentality. Mob justice. We just a bit more violent in Africa.
As a South African, I enjoy your content on South Africa. 👍
sorry
Jeeze I feel bad for ya
i truly hope yall come out on the other side. i hate seeing what’s happening there. bless you all
The sellout was Bernard Mokwena
I am a South African my neighbor lost his life in this massacre, it was sad considering that he was the bread winner of that household the gap he left behind is clearly visible. 😢
Most of the problems of the workers are definitely the company's fault but not the "second family" thing. If you can't afford to have children then don't have them.
If you’re talking about Africa, South America and the Muslim world then yes but east Asia and the west is in a birth crisis
If they only give you enough to keep your one family just at the poverty line might as well start a new one to get more money 😂 the logic doesn't logic but it logic'ed
Thank you for the history lesson, it's an evil worls we live in. Wish this was uploaded just a few months earlier. Insane storytelling
Thank you for making this and sharing our story
Hi Simon, Excellent presentation! So much better than was ever presented in SA at any time!!!
Thank you for this video, it is very enlightening from a behind the scenes point of view. Your implications of many of the tactical encounters are incorrect, but it doesn't change the story overall. I look forward to more videos on SA from you.
Thank you, Simon. Sharing this horror is the right thing to do. People must know.
We got SEIU in the USA, and that union absolutely cares more about collecting dues than actually helping the workers they represent. The only help i ever saw them provide was against termination, because they'd be losing a due paying member.
Thats all unions
10 people, amongst which were police and security personnel, were murdered by the striking miners before the massacre.
Their body parts were used in the making of "muti" to give the miners great strenght of a supernatural nature.
When the shooting finally happened the police were angry about the murder of their colleagues and the strikers were in a high state of mind.
Strikes in south africa have a history of extreme violence and loss of life and property.
When the Marikana tragedy is told these truths are normally omitted.
It’s a bit pointless to convert any amounts of ZAR from 2012 at the current exchange rate… R12,500 back then was a lot more than the $650 it is now, it was closer to $1,500
Why did many start up a second family? That doesn't make sense.
To get their Willy wet, loyalty means nothing to some cultures 😊
Refusal to wear a condom. That's pretty much the answer
In many poor countries, one must work at least 60 hour weeks for very little money. Many don't get over one day a month off. There is not enough money to go out to eat, nor many places to go to if you have money. You have no cars, nor transportation in many camps. You must get some woman to help you survive in order to keep the job. Many workers are from other countries and don't have the money for years to go home to their first families. Also many within their own country can't afford such luxury. In many places, you need at least two people living with you, so that when one has to go shopping while you are at work --- there is still one person to guard your house or shack. This is not unique to just South Africa. Throughout history, from ancient UR to Egypt five thousand years ago, it took several adults to safely have and run a secure household. Even the biblical story of Joseph & Mary (if true) says Joseph went to the Temple and took Mary at the age of thirteen. The Abrahamic world for all was a very corrupt and desperate life, and it still exists in half of the world.
As South African living and working here, we are under paid most of us working people 😢
Be well, friend. Respect from North Carolina.
A lot of you are conveniently overlooking the fact that the striking miners killed about 10 people, including police, security guards and their mining colleagues, prior to being shot by police. I'm not condoning the massacre though.
I have no words for this tragedy.
Just thinking about it ,breaks my heart.
I was a student when this happened. I remember reading papers saying that they could’ve asked for more & the company would have run a profit. I remember FMF & how it triggered a student , his father had been impacted
Simon you're good with explanation without holding back details.
I'm from south africa, thank you for covering this.
Dit was nou nogal interessant gewees ! Dankie
Thank you for shining light on South Africa!
My little brother's tennis coach was a white guy from South Africa.
Nice guy, animated and charismatic.
However, if anyone asked him about South Africa his face would turn sullen and he would usually respond, "I don't miss it."
yeah man south africa low keys perpetuates the ideas of racism, inequality (color, gender & class) its really the worseplace in terms lf democracy and what it represents
Brillant and highly informative
Simon, I find it really weird to see you lay out all the facts here and still say, "it's hard to establish fault." It's very clear who was at fault - and who *is* at fault in all struggles where a nation's people have to resort to such extremes in pursuit of a basic standard of living.
Would have been helpful if this video could have been released before the elections. Maybe reminding people of Marikana would have helped the EC election results
@@lianajansevanvuuren2886 go look at who the people of that area voted for in the election, I mean the people who lived this and don't need reminding. no I'm sorry to say you underestimate the power of tribalism and deception .. . it would not change a thing - something different needs to be done.
South Africa moves 1 step forward and 5 steps backwards 💔
THANKYOU for mentioning this!!
Our country needs more quality coverage!
Our government is terribly corrupt and absolutely apathetic to our cries for help, we have little in the way of valid ways to call for help and the world has little to no interest in us.
Once again,
thank you!
Thanks.
Such a sad story 😢
That looks like incredibly poor training. Theres an offer in the front with his fist up signaling ceasefire and it looks to have been ignored
How do people become monsters? Money is all it takes? People are disgusting sometimes.
smh
power not money!!! the money is a symptom!!
No, it is power that corrupts those not suited to wield power. Money is naught but a tool of power.
I'm so glad someone is covering this. It's been buried for far too long. Although not all his facts are correct. But the general outline still sheds much needed light on this.
SA Citizen here. Your content is lekker my bru!
People in South africa have somewhat forgotten about this but it completely changed the history of the whole country.
Could you do a video on the the pitesti experiment please?
Thank you for covering a major story from a region that's usually forgotten. Please also do one on the June 2021 democratic protests in Eswatini
If there is a high level of corruption in a government and people living in a violent environment, that is not amazing to see chaotic, tragic events like this.
Well presented
So sweet that you care, Simon.
Crazy that I was watching you 10 years ago on top 10 trends now you’re teaching me about all the different ways the 3.5 I got from the homie could kill me if he got it from less than scrupulous people. Well done
Thank you for covering this tragedy and it's just horrible that these workers who were just trying to get a liveable wage and the basic necessities were treated so horrendously by the company, the police and the government!!
I remember this, I also remember how the miners killed some security guards. It was inevitable
Well timed video. Right when we in South Africa have our presidential election results are being announced.
Got to love the AI "olice" thumbnail
Here's the thing: while the workers' deaths are tragic and their working conditions bad, I have it from many good sources (as multiple family members worked for the SAPS back then) that they fired in self-defence. They were getting violent. My father works on a construction site. They regularly burn and damage things. They threaten and intimidate.
They had pangas with them. Do you really think it was to butter bread or something?
Considering that there first attempt was simply trying to talk to their bosses? There is a clear side that escalated this, and it wasn't the workers. This could have been solved, at any time, by the company saying, "yeah, let's talk about this." They wouldn't even hear the workers.
@@vladeragthey were a blood crazed mob beating and murdering mine staff. WTF would anyone want to talk to them.
@@vladeragno they quit the job not kill everyone they could. I don’t want to hear what I am sure going to say is some just can’t quit. Yes they can and killing people for not getting your raise is no excuse. That’s like the boss killing the worker for being to slow.
The fact that I live a few kilometres from marikana and I saw news reports about this on TV back then in 2012😢
So happy whenever Simon covers something from my country!
Also, you don't hate the government enough. You think you do, but you don't
Imagine getting paid so little
That you start a second family while still sending money to the first one.
That's insane
Cannot tell what you are trying to say.
@@eadweard.That's usually the case if the premise is quite literally insane.
@@eadweard.the guy cheat on his wife at home to start a new family while being underpaid so he can get his Willy wet
How is that not insane ?
Imagine having a family you can't support and then starting a second family as a solution
"along with lousy pa..... and poor living conditions" (the "y" in "pay" is cut out) ? would youtube block that statement?
Please cover the July 2021 KZN and GP riots.
I always hear about blood diamonds, can you guys maybe talk about this?
Excellent documentry ... very educational
Never heard of this one as well
My dad was on Marikana as a police officer... Im probably gonna get Flak for this but, my dad and his members were fearining for their lives when the mine workers started to run at them with pangas. I just remember the news reports and my dad not being home for weeks.
Precisely. Look at my comment above. This video is misleading and most of the ignorant people commenting are being mislead. And they swallow it like they normally do.
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This was my comment above: Simon should get his facts straight.
Why don't you get your facts straight? CHRONOLOGICALLY!!
1st... those very same miners, MAIMED and KILLED two of the mines's security guards.. just doing their job. - We witnessed it.
Then those same miners destroyed mining property to the value of millions of rands. Which we also saw in person.
Then those same miners, asked a "traditionally witchdoctor"... to bless them so that NO BULLETS will hit them... (on their way to "negotiations"...)
Then, those same "blessed miners" went to the meeting, with weapons...
Then those same miners, attacked and SHOT AT THE POLICE FIRST...
All caught on video recording.
Then, when the Police, for whom I have absolutely NO RESPECT .. had to defend themselves.. resulting in the deaths that occurred.
But, as these very same South African black population are very well exercised in, they played it out as a "massacre"... WHICH IT NEVER WAS.
You see: Unfortunately for your sorry arse, thousands of us were also present and employed there at that time. Many of us, had to be escorted by the Police, from our workplaces, as these very same Black miners (yes, Blacks, as the whites did not participate in those criminal actions) burned tyres and blocked the roads...
So if you, with your libTURD values and libTURDS twisting of facts, really want to make a video and want an income with facts... why don't you make one about lawyers who were publicly prepared to sue these unions for the destruction of property and losses OUTSIDE parties occured due to their ongoing criminal actions?
It is because of people like you distributing false facts and twisting the narrative that the FALSE MARIKANA MASSACRE are spread..
Get your facts chronologically straight!!
26:33 the white officer leaning on the Isuzu bakkie clearly signaled with his hand for his members to stop firing and they did stop.
Thank you thank you thank you for covering this. We dont even have the full story in our own country
Living and working conditions in the mines haven't improved at all and as far as the people who were "liberated" they are far worse off than what their parents and grandparents were during the apartheid era.
You realise there is pre 1994 south Africa footage online ?
Videos don't lie🙄🙄. Those videos quickly debunk the myth of 1st world south Africa. There is no 1st world nation with people living in the worst conditions without toilet , water
Now most of South Africa has no water or electricity no job, no rail, no post. Extra. 😢
I sometimes forget why greed is one of the ‘seven deadly sins’. then i come across something like this
This is so well researched and reported, that it’s blowing my mind (down to the workers having second families where they work). Love your work.🙌
And now the circle is complete. Now when does this stop ?
Can you do a video on Thomas Cochrane?
The British naval officer
I remember the videos. It was madness
The whole situation is awful and typical of the violence in SA. Unfortunately the strikers weren't completely innocent and the horrible deaths of the security guards, mineworkers who refused to strike and the policemen tells me that this was a violent group who didn't think anything of hacking people to death if it suited their cause. I have a lot of sympathy for the policemen in this situation. Knowing what happened to their colleagues you have to put yourself in their shoes being faced with this group. Their fear must have taken over in the situation. I recall that there was also some influence from a rival union?
This is so sickening. As long as the rich can line their pockets, they couldnt give a f^*k about the peasants that got them there.
Genuinely surprised me since it seemed no one took any real accountability, I was 12 ish I think. One of those surreal things that you will never forget
Would you believe me if I told you I've spoken to people who feel this this is how all labour strikes should be dealt with?
I think it has to do with strikers losing public support when they attack police with pangas
and ya wonder why people dont trust the police these days....
Yes we have to act if they're all terrible people because liberals are hypocrites they say it's bad to to blanket judge people but then they do it to the people they don't like the conservatives also judge entire groups of the people but they're not the ones saying it's bad
I dont blame the cops for defending themselves. I blame the leadership for allowing it to get to this.
Good lords... R12,500? Back then you'd be lucky to get that as a teacher or graduate engineer (and that with living costs in one of the bigger cities).
Bruh wtf!? I just learn about this massacre for the first time last night while talking with some of my more historically aligned friends. I saw the footage, which is brutal but how do I learn about a 2012 massacre yesterday and you put out a vid on it today. Wild
What makes a person "historically aligned"?
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This was my comment above: Simon should get his facts straight.
Why don't you get your facts straight? CHRONOLOGICALLY!!
1st... those very same miners, MAIMED and KILLED two of the mines's security guards.. just doing their job. - We witnessed it.
Then those same miners destroyed mining property to the value of millions of rands. Which we also saw in person.
Then those same miners, asked a "traditionally witchdoctor"... to bless them so that NO BULLETS will hit them... (on their way to "negotiations"...)
Then, those same "blessed miners" went to the meeting, with weapons...
Then those same miners, attacked and SHOT AT THE POLICE FIRST...
All caught on video recording.
Then, when the Police, for whom I have absolutely NO RESPECT .. had to defend themselves.. resulting in the deaths that occurred.
But, as these very same South African black population are very well exercised in, they played it out as a "massacre"... WHICH IT NEVER WAS.
You see: Unfortunately for your sorry arse, thousands of us were also present and employed there at that time. Many of us, had to be escorted by the Police, from our workplaces, as these very same Black miners (yes, Blacks, as the whites did not participate in those criminal actions) burned tyres and blocked the roads...
So if you, with your libTURD values and libTURDS twisting of facts, really want to make a video and want an income with facts... why don't you make one about lawyers who were publicly prepared to sue these unions for the destruction of property and losses OUTSIDE parties occured due to their ongoing criminal actions?
It is because of people like you distributing false facts and twisting the narrative that the FALSE MARIKANA MASSACRE are spread..
Get your facts chronologically straight!!
There was even a guy selling muti that he told the miners would make them bullet proof and keep them safe from the Police.
Thank you for this. Our own government ignores this but will remind how they "saved" us from apartheid
The world has to know
A great surprise that Simon is covering the Marikana Massacre from my country, I couldn't ask for anyone better. And the Braamfontein explosion episode from a few weeks back which was embarrassingly news to me as a South African who spent his whole schooling life in Braamfontein and never knew nothing of it. Amazing content as always and RIP Mambush and all the miners, we will never forget Marikana!
The sad thing is NUM still represent a large number of workers across SA.
"There were no warning shots". Such a thing is a negligent discharge at best and is illegal. If you don't believe your life is in imminent danger, you may not fire your firearm at someone. If your life is in danger, you may fire, but then a "warning shot" would be pointlessly negligent. That is South African law. The Firearms Control Act is available to read online.
Thank you Simon for your excellent research and telling the truth about what is really going on here in South Africa. Finally got it through his mind that it's NOT a racial issue!
Holy shit this makes me wanna cry.
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This was my comment above: Simon should get his facts straight.
Why don't you get your facts straight? CHRONOLOGICALLY!!
1st... those very same miners, MAIMED and KILLED two of the mines's security guards.. just doing their job. - We witnessed it.
Then those same miners destroyed mining property to the value of millions of rands. Which we also saw in person.
Then those same miners, asked a "traditionally witchdoctor"... to bless them so that NO BULLETS will hit them... (on their way to "negotiations"...)
Then, those same "blessed miners" went to the meeting, with weapons...
Then those same miners, attacked and SHOT AT THE POLICE FIRST...
All caught on video recording.
Then, when the Police, for whom I have absolutely NO RESPECT .. had to defend themselves.. resulting in the deaths that occurred.
But, as these very same South African black population are very well exercised in, they played it out as a "massacre"... WHICH IT NEVER WAS.
You see: Unfortunately for your sorry arse, thousands of us were also present and employed there at that time. Many of us, had to be escorted by the Police, from our workplaces, as these very same Black miners (yes, Blacks, as the whites did not participate in those criminal actions) burned tyres and blocked the roads...
So if you, with your libTURD values and libTURDS twisting of facts, really want to make a video and want an income with facts... why don't you make one about lawyers who were publicly prepared to sue these unions for the destruction of property and losses OUTSIDE parties occured due to their ongoing criminal actions?
It is because of people like you distributing false facts and twisting the narrative that the FALSE MARIKANA MASSACRE are spread..
Get your facts chronologically straight!!
❤ south africa and its wonderful people. Miss it alot
I am sure you don't miss its government!
I just really hope theres change during the elections now
@@patrickcannell2258 i was a german loving there during and after the Worldcup. Everyone was very nice. Once in the foreigner office in capetown a American lady bribed her way in front of me and then they closed infront of us 😄.
So no real harm. The officers where very nice
@@marcbeebee6969 Apparently it changed quite a bit since then