The names and the location of the graves
of those killed at
Marikana
on and before 16 August 2012.
This table entails 45 names.
0
Andries Motlapula Ntshenyeho* [N]
15 June 1970 – 16 August 2012
Harry Gwala Section, Vereeniging, GP
0
Anele Mdizeni*
6 February 1983 – 16 August 2012
Desi Location, Elliotdale, EC
0
Babalo Mtshazi*
25 February 1986 – 16 August 2012
Njilo Location, Libode, EC
0
Bongani Mdze*
5 May 1984 – 16 August 2012
Hantshudu Village, Matatiele, EC
0
Bongani Nqongophele*
27 September 1981 – 16 August 2012
Kwaleni Village, Elliotdale, EC
0
Bonginkosi Yona* [N]
6 December 1980 – 16 August 2012
Magashu Village, Lady Frere, EC
0
Cebisile Yawa*
5 July 1988 – 16 August 2012
Mthingwevu Village, Cala, EC
0
Fezile David Saphendu*
24 December 1988 – 16 August 2012
Cawu Location, Mqanduli, EC
0
Hassan Duncan Fundi [S][N]
born: 11 June 1965
Rustenburg, NW
0
Hendrick Tsietsi Monene [P]
born: 1 April 1965
Ekangala, Tshwane, GP
0
Isaiah Twala [N]
born: 18 January 1961
Not known
0
Jackson Lehupa*
8 May 1964 – 16 August 2012
Bethania, Mount Fletcher, EC
0
Janeveke Raphael Liau*
14 September 1967 – 16 August 2012
Likologeng, Lesotho
0
John Kutlwano ‘Papi’ Ledingoane*
22 April 1988 – 16 August 2012
Wonderkop, NW
0
Julius Tokoti Mancotywa*
30 March 1951 – 16 August 2012
Sterkspruit, Herschel, EC
0
Khanare Elias Monesa*
21 January 1976 – 16 August 2012
Boroeng, Buthe Buthe, Lesotho
0
Mafolisi Mabiya*
20 November 1983 – 16 August 2012
Msengethi Village, Idutywa, EC
0
Makhosandile Mkhonjwa*
20 February 1983 – 16 August 2012
KwaMadiba Village, Bizana, EC
0
Matlhomola Mabelane [S]
born: 6 November 1964
Damsonville, Brits, NW
0
Mgcineni ‘Mambush’ Noki*
2 February 1982 – 16 August 2012
Thwalikhulu Village, Mqanduli, EC
0
Michael Ngweyi*
3 March 1973 – 16 August 2012
Mvezo Villa, Mbashe Bridge, Mthatha, EC
0
Modisaotsile Van Wyk Sagalala* [N]
2 July 1952 – 16 August 2012
Nkaneng, Wonderkop, NW
0
Molefi Osiel Ntsoele* [N]
1 January 1972 – 16 August 2012
Semonkong, Lesotho
0
Mongezeleli Ntenetya* [N]
9 June 1978 – 16 August 2012
Falakuhle Village, Dutywa, EC
0
Mphangeli Thukuza*
16 November 1970 – 16 August 2012
Quba, Ngqeleni, EC
0
Mpumzeni Ngxande*
22 June 1974 – 16 August 2012
Lujizweni, Ngqeleni, EC
0
Mvuyisi Henry Pato* [N]
13 November 1977 – 16 August 2012
Mbobeni Village, Bizana, EC
0
Mzukisi Sompeta*
3 January 1976 – 16 August 2012
Phumlo Area, Lusikisiki, EC
0
Nkosiyabo Xalabile*
11 March 1982 – 16 August 2012
Desi Location, Elliotdale, EC
0
Nkumbulo Mvume
born: 9 October 1983
Gxulu, Zithathele, Libode, EC
0
Nobhozi Bhabhazela
6 May 1954
Thuku Location, Gqubeni, Mqanduli EC
0
Ntandazo Nokamba* [N]
6 January 1976 – 16 August 2012
Ncolora Village, Libode, EC
0
Patrick Akhona Jijase*
2 March 1986 – 16 August 2012
Dwaku Village, Ntabankulu, EC
0
Pumzile Sokanyile
born: 1 May 1964
Mdumazulu Location, Ngqeleni, EC
0
Sello Lepaaku [P]
born: 23 January 1967
Seabe, Siyabuswa, MP
0
Semi Jokanisi
born: 25 December 1982
Hombe Village, Lusikisiki, EC
0
Stelega Gadlela*
1 January 1962 – 16 August 2012
Manzini, Swaziland
0
Telang Vitalis Mohai*
6 October 1975 – 16 August 2012
Maseru, Lesotho
0
Thapelo Eric Mabebe
born: 9 June 1975
Not known
0
Thobile Mpumza*
6 July 1986 – 16 August 2012
Gugwini Village, Mount Ayliff, EC
0
Thabiso Johannes Thelejane*
30 October 1955 – 16 August 2012
Paballong Village, Matatiele, EC
0
Thabiso Mosebetsane* [N]
7 February 1963 – 16 August 2012
Matsheleng Village, Matatiele, EC
0
Thembinkosi Gwelani*
6 July 1985 – 16 August 2012
Makhwalweni Location, Lusikisiki, EC
0
Thembalakhe Sabelo Mati [N]
born: 10 October 1963
Kundile Village, Ntabankulu, EC
0
Thobisile Zibambele
born: 10 September 1973
KwaBala Village, Goqwana, Lusikisiki, EC
0
* = died on 16 August 2012
[N] = NUM member
[P] = police
[S] = security guard
EC = Eastern Cape
GP = Gauteng
NW = Northwest
MP = Mpumalanga
Sources: Lohmin Plc; South African Funeral Practitioners Association; The Star, 23 August 2012; New Age, 8 November 2012; Eyewitness News, 16 August 2012; Maril 6 Guardian, 7 September 2012, City Press Face of Marikana Project.
Note: This table entales 45 names. Isaiah Twala appears on some but not all lists. There is a question-mark over the date on which Semi Jokanisi died.
(© Peter Alexander et al, 2012)
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Thank you, respected comrade.
I am sharing the following…
compassionate capitalism 101.
stemming the loss
dripping red
arterial spray
dripetty-drip
amidst anaesthetised shades
of souls once alive
now
dancing under pale moonlight
pausing only for cauterisation
sterilisation
of too many wounds
the
dripetty-drip ceases
consciences lobotomised
and as it has been
and as it is now
and as it may be
the
numb faces
tango deeper
into the hollowness
the cacophonous void
now
signed and sealed
of deals done
and
souls sold on
profitable leases.
______________________
Who Killed the Marikana Miners?*
who killed the miners at Marikana?
definitely not the executive
nor the executives
far removed from the grime
and the slime
Who killed the miners at Marikana?
not the Prez
and not even the Press for a change
strange
so who killed the miners at Marikana?
the unions perhaps
or the errant miner
led astray
in that obscene demand for better pay
who killed the miners at Marikana?
not armed cops,
firing bullets of lead into the back of the head
execution-style it’s been said
who killed the miners at Marikana?
it seems no one can be found
as bodies decompose deep under gold dust ground
while families grieve
there
ain’t no one around to take the fall
so
who killed the Marikana Miners?
no one
no one at all
* inspired by the protest song “Who Killed Davey Moore”, a topical song written in 1963 by American folk singer/songwriter Bob Dylan.
_____________________
Slaughter at Marikana.
1.
Bullets tearing,
into muscled flesh,
as,
bodies slump,
dead as dust.
Sweaty and bruised,
slogging,
mining the land of the ancestors,
descending into hell,
day by wretched day,
for shiny metals,
like those shiny metal bullets,
that tore,
into muscled flesh,
as,
bodies slumped,
dead as dust.
2.
How can we mourn,
the slaughtered,
how do we cleanse,
our blood-soaked hands,
without,
betraying our complicity,
in the slaughter at Marikana,
as we lightly tread,
on the mine-fields,
of greed,
of profit,
on the backs,
of the slaughtered dead.
(dedicated to the human beings massacred at Marikana)
May they rest in peace BUT WE MUST NEVER FORGET WHAT OUR SO CALLED LEADERS DID TO US BY KILLING THESE INNOCENT COMRADES.
peace & Solidarity
Jay
we are so used to
going down
under the ground
we are so good at
staying down
under the ground
yes once
we were rising
rising to be seen
yes once
we were waiting
waiting to be heard
yes, waiting, waiting
to be heard
but you wanted us
down
under the ground
then you sent us
down
with a bullet’s sound
down, down,
with a bullet’s sound,
down, down, …
way down
but that metal
keeps shining
deep under the ground
yes that metal
keeps rolling
your bank account
but our nation
keeps weeping
down on the ground
and our children
keep rising
up from the ground
up, up,
up from the ground
up, up,
up from the ground
yes, our spirits
keep moving
to a different sound
they keep moving …
till justice is found
down, down
deep under the ground
down, down
deep under the ground
… till justice is found
Robert Steiner
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