Over R300m paid out to Marikana families: Solicitor General

JOHANNESBURG - Solicitor-General Fhedzisani Pandelani says government has thus far paid over R330 million to families who sued the state after people lost their lives during the Marikana massacre.

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It has been 11 years since 44 people died during a strike for better wages at Lonmin Platinum Mine in the North West.

34 miners were killed when police opened fire on a crowd of striking mine workers.