Justice for Marikana - 7 years on
South Africa House, London. Fri 16 Aug 2019
People tape the 'Justice for Marikana' banner next to the entrance
to South Africa House
Andy Higginbottom introduces the vigil
People stand holding pictures of the murdered mine workers with their
names and short comments on families or jobs etc
Light rain is falling and some hold umbrellas
The campaigners stand in a large half circle on the pavement in front
of the entrance to South Africa House
Some have brought yellow flowers
There are speeches and people read out some statements, including
some from people in Marikana
We hear more about Lonmin and the company this has been sold to, and
the complicity of the South African
Police who set up the massacre. One of the directors of Lonmin was
Cyril Ramaphosa, now President of South Africa.
Flowers are handed out to those who have not brought their own
People come up with the posters to the microphone and read out the
names of the murdered men and the
descriptions and the posters and flowers are then taped to the gates
of South Africa House
People learn and then sing an African song
Amandla Kitson speaks about her father David Kitson, who was the longest-serving
white political prisoner in South Africa under apartheid.
And there is another speech to end the vigil.
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