Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma chased from Marikana koppie
Men dressed in Amcu T-shirts order presidential hopeful and her supporters to leave the site of the Marikana mine massacre
ANC presidential hopeful Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and supporters with her were chased away from the Marikana koppie, where 34 mine workers were killed by police in 2012. Dlamini-Zuma and her supporters were at the site of the massacre on Tuesday to lay a wreath when men in Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) T-shirts chased them away, News24 reported. No reason for the action was given. Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is also in the running to take over the leadership of the ANC at its December conference, was barred from attending an event last Thursday commemorating the deaths of the mine workers. Ramaphosa apologised earlier in 2017 for an e-mail he had sent shortly before the Marikana bloodbath, saying his language in the e-mail might have been unfortunate and inappropriate. Meanwhile, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) handed over to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Tuesday the dockets of its investigation into the shooti...
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