Lonmin strike leaves the nation mourning.
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The story has been to every broadcasting station (television and radio) and print media (newspapers and magazines) since last week. The Lonmin mining workers have been on strike since last week and it has turned from being a strike to an event of horror. Police opened fire to a group of striking workers on Thursday (16 august, 2012) killing 34 workers and 74 were injured (Reported on News24).
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| Parents of the victims at the memorial service Picture by:www.googleimage.com |
- ANCYL spokesperson Floyd Shivambu
- Police Minister Richard Baloyi
- Rustenburg Mayor Mpho Khonou
- Suspended ANCYL President Mr. Julius Malema
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There is a video that was linked it shows that the protesters fired first. The reports state that they were carrying dokipiri, spears, knives and guns. At this point lives are lost and we will not point any fingers. There is a campaign to stop violence towards each other. Let us stop killing each other and violence does not solve anything it only makes matters worse.
Is that we are teaching our children as a nation that if we do not get what we want we hurt each other?
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I believe that this massacre could have been prevented had the Unions and the workers sat down and communicated with management.
ReplyDeleteMinenhle, that is true. violence does not solve anything but communication does. As the Prp's that is where we step in and communicate between the workers and the employers.
DeleteBoth SAPS and Lonmin mine are to blame! SAPS took a long time before making efforts to adrress the brutality of police officers! Lonmin also paid little attention to their employees' needs!
ReplyDeleteeven so Nic, the workers should have not behaved the way they did. In their minds they just told themselves that this is the answer to our problems ans the strike is not a solution.
DeleteThis massacre should be a lesson that employees needs must be met and resolved fast.
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to fair communication Lucky? i still maintain that in South Africa when people think about their needs they turn to strike. It is bad really is this the kind of behaviour we want our children to follow?
Deleteyou know they were killed like in the movies,just that there was no slow motion to show or highlight a certain part of the story.see if we do not care about our employees, we going to have our plans going down the drain like this...
ReplyDeleteIt was a sad sad thing that happened there Pebetse, but this route of communication is bad. I hope they learn both of them that killing each other does not answer but destroys even more.
DeleteThe NUM and AMCU should put their differences aside and create permeable relationships and try work on new ways to solve the problem. If only they had considered peoples complaints none of this could have happened, we would not be mourning for our brothers who were fighting for their right. This massacre could have been prevented.
ReplyDeleteAmanda, it is important for every organisation to do what is best for their employers. An unhappy employer means not a job well done. That is the most important factor the management should have looked at.
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