South African Miners 'Incident' - 34 Now Dead

Blue Beard · **Joined:** Fri Jan 06, 2012 4:12 pm **Posts:** 694

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/20 ... 71991.html

http://news.sky.com/story/973409/mine-s ... lf-defence

South Africa's police chief says officers who killed 34 striking miners were acting in self defence.

Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega defended the bloodshed at the Lonmin PLC platinum mine in Marikana, in Rustenburg, on Thursday.

She told a news conference officers were forced to "utilise maximum force to defend themselves" when they were charged by armed protesters.

She said 78 people were wounded in the violence and 259 arrested on charges from public disorder to murder.

The trouble began when police were laying out barbed wire barricades to separate the 3,000 striking drill operators into "smaller groups more manageable for police to disarm", Ms Phiyega added.

Could SA descend into political/class chaos again..?

P.M.T. · **Joined:** Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:14 pm **Posts:** 968

Well they can't blame aparthied this time.

Blue Beard · **Joined:** Fri Jan 06, 2012 4:12 pm **Posts:** 694

Too soon...?

The Lightning Tree · **Joined:** Thu Nov 30, 2006 5:30 pm **Posts:** 5804

Haven't they heard of foooking water cannons or rubber bullets in that part of the world!!

Spender · **Posted:** Fri Aug 17, 2012 2:48 pm

No, neither side has. It's a murderous country.

dykey · **Posted:** Fri Aug 17, 2012 4:16 pm

Sharpesville revisited,just this time its a black government shooting protesters. Will the actions of the security services be condemned.

returnofaido · **Posted:** Fri Aug 17, 2012 5:22 pm

i blame the swedes

Spender · **Posted:** Fri Aug 17, 2012 6:19 pm

dykey wrote:

Sharpesville revisited,just this time its a black government shooting protesters. Will the actions of the security services be condemned.

No. Life is cheap in South Africa.

butchers block · **Posted:** Fri Aug 17, 2012 6:38 pm

returnofaido wrote:

i blame the swedes

Me too.
They did the same thing in WW2. they were arming both sides and making a fortune. Now they will be supplying spears to one side and guns to the other.

They should not get away with it. As SA is part of the commonwealth they shoul be getting supplied by BAe
or whatever they are called.

verbalkint · **Joined:** Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:08 pm **Posts:** 3135

Ive been to SA and although its a very nice place not once did i feel totally safe

verbalkint · **Joined:** Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:08 pm **Posts:** 3135

Have you seen the size of them fooking spears

It is just like Rorkes drift all over again

butchers block · **Posted:** Fri Aug 17, 2012 7:58 pm

verbalkint wrote:

Have you seen the size of them fooking spears

It is just like Rorkes drift all over again

I was just thinking when I seen them on Telly yesterday doing the war dances with their machetes and spears that they slipped into the old tribal ways very easily.

As they had already dispatched 2 cops and ten non strikers the previous day, I find it hard to blame the law from opening up when the mob charged.

P.M.T. · **Joined:** Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:14 pm **Posts:** 968

I say, ban them from the Olympics and put a trade embargo on them.

South African Miners 'Incident' - 34 Now Dead

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