Justice For Marikana - 6th Anniversary Protest
City of London, London. Mon 13 Aug 2018
Protesters met up outside St Paul's Cathedral
It took a long time for everyone to arrive as there had been some
confusion about the meeting place
The Cathedral authorities told the protesters they were not allowed
to hold protests there but they had replied
that they were simply meeting up to protest elsewhere. They handed
out leaflets about their protest while
they waited for people to arrive
and then left to march to the offices of several investors, insurers
and shareholders profiting from the violence
against people and nature in Marikana. A poster states that the City
of London profits from Blood Money
and the main banner calls for justice for Marikana
The first stop was outside Majedie who are a major investor. A police
van followed the protesters.
One of Lonmin's directors at the time of the massacre was Cyril Ramaphosa,
now President of South Africa,
who called the strike a ‘dastardly criminal act’ and had
encouraged the police violence by stating the strike
required ‘concomitant action'.
People carried large photographs of some of those who were killed
by the police shooting
and posters called for reparations to their dependents and those survivors
who were injured and arrested
Lonmin, a company that was foundeby the imperialist and white supremacist
Cecil Rhodes was formerly a part
of the notorious Lonrho, but now wants to run from its commitments
by selling the mine
The protesters marched on
followed by police, who did at one point stop traffic to help them
to cross one of the busy roads,
to stop outside Schroders, another investor in Lonmin
As well as shooting 34 miners, the police arrested others and they
are still in jail. The police who carried out the
massacre have not been arrested.
From Schroders the protesters crossed the road to protest outside
Investec, another company that profits from Marikana
and there were more details about their involvement
Legal & General insurers are another company that profits from
the exploitation by Lonmin
and the tour protested ouside there
The tour ended outside the offices of BASF in the Heron Tower. They
are the main customer for the platinum
mined at Marikana.
