Award-winning photojournalist and documentary photographer Leon Sadiki. Photo: Rosetta Msimango
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A decade ago, police officers mowed down a group of men striking for a wage increase. Their story must live on.
Award-winning photojournalist Leon Sadiki was on the ground in Marikana, near Rustenburg in North West, in August 2012, when hundreds of mineworkers embarked on a strike to demand R12 500 pay from Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine.
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