Sipho Singiswa’s film shot over two years in Marikana recording the voices, songs and struggles of the men, women and children of Marikana.
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Marikana Widows Shed Tears in Women’s Month
By Gillian Schutte: Picture credit: Women were left carrying the burden in Marikana, courtesy Gillian Schutte This women’s month marks two years since the Marikana massacre. The widows of the workers killed…
Senzeni Na? (What have we done) Crowd Funding Film Project.
CLICK ON THE YOU TUBE ICON TO WATCH THE FILM IN FULL SCREEN. Sipho Singiswa spent over two years in and out of Marikana reporting on the strike and following the stories…
South African Economy Highly Monopolised.
By: David Van Wyk Modern South Africa started off in 1652 as the product of a mercantile monopoly company, the Dutch East India Company which landed at the Cape to establish a
Platinum Belt Miners Celebrate Victory
Text by: Gillian Schutte (Media for Justice) Films by: Sipho SIngiswa (Media for Justice) The stadium in Phokeng outside Rustenberg exploded in jubilation when the end of the longest strike in South…
Mr X – An Exercise in Deflection of Justice and State Savagery?
By: Gillian Schutte The mysterious Mr X has been testifying against the striking miners at the Farlam Commission for the past two months in which he claimed the miners
A Political Overview of the Current Situation – Some questions for the left in South Africa
By: David Van Wyk 2014 was born in class struggle. Mineworkers on the Platinum Belt immediately resumed the struggle for a living wage. This struggle is now in its third year.