Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) president Joseph Mathunjwa has handed over a house to the family of the late Mgcineni Noki‚ who became the face of the deadly platinum wage strike at Marikana five years ago. The house for the "Man in the Green Blanket" is at eMqanduli. Noki‚ 30‚ and his green blanket featured prominently during the protests and police shooting of the Lonmin strikers in 2012. Amcu said: "Mambush is a part of South African history and his name will live on forever." "Mambush commanded the force of the people." Mathunjwa visited the family at their rural home in Thwalikhulu village between Mqanduli and Coffee Bay in August 2016‚ at a sod-turning ceremony for the home. Mathunjwa said it would be a three-room house with a lounge‚ dining room and flush toilet. He said a septic tank would be installed to enable the toilet to flush. Altogether‚ he promised to build 34 homes‚ one for each of the miners who died at Marikana‚ through a trust set up by t...
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