>North West – The word “Marikana” means nothing but death and brutality to Warrant Officer Tsietsi Monene’s family.

The violent Lonmin wage strike did not only claim their brother’s life, it “killed our entire family”. Monene, 47, and his colleague, Warrant Officer Sello Lepaku, 45, were hacked to death in a fierce confrontation with striking miners on August 13 last year.

Elizabeth Maubane, also a public-order police officer like her late brother, received a frantic call from her boss that day. “I’m sorry about your brother’s death,” he said.
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