DA Leader Mmusi Maimane today visited Nkaneng informal settlement in Marikana to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the Marikana massacre, and to visit the South Africans whose lives have been most affected by the tragedy that occurred 1,826 days ago.
“Walking around this town, as I did today, one struggles to find any meaningful development over the past 5 years, despite the myriad of hollow promises by the ANC government.”
– Mmusi Maimane
In Nkaneng, there are no new houses, roads, clinics or basic services. 1,826 days later no justice has been brought to the victims’ families, loved ones, and to the town of Marikana. Not a single person has been criminally prosecuted or taken political responsibility for the tragic events.
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Nathi Mthethwa, then Minister of Police, is still in the Zuma cabinet, North West Police Commissioner Zukiswa Mbombo got to retire comfortably without any accountability, and Riah Phiyega, then National Police Commissioner, walked off scot free. Even Cyril Ramaphosa refuses to even visit Marikana 5 years on, nor take responsibility for his role, yet believes he ought to be the next president of South Africa.
“Today, those directly involved in the massacre walk free.”
– Mmusi Maimane
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But the real victims of this massacre are often forgotten. These are the women who have been unemployed for years and are desperate for work, the very same women who lost breadwinners on that fateful day in August 2012. Many of these women continue to feel the burden of loss, both emotional and financial.
“While the ANC says they care for the people, their actions show that they care about their own profits. We can’t trust them anymore.”
– Mmusi Maimane
In 2016, the people of Marikana took to the ballot box and shattered the ANC’s majority in the Rustenberg Local Municipality. And come 2019, the people of Marikana, and all South Africans across the North West Province, will punish this corrupt and morally bankrupt ANC at the polls, to usher in a new beginning for our people and for our country.
