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title: "Marikana Special Edition: Ten years later 'It feels like our pain does not matter'"
description: "It's been a decade since 34 mineworkers died at the hands of the South African Police Service while protesting for a living wage. What really happened that fateful day and how has it shaped South Africa in the ten years since?"
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publisher: "Daily Maverick"
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section: "MASSACRE REMEMBERED"
author: "Daily Maverick"
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canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-08-15-marikana-massacre-10-years-later/"
published: "2022-08-15T21:32:06"
updated: "2022-08-17T12:28:40"
lang: "en-ZA"
---

# Marikana Special Edition: Ten years later 'It feels like our pain does not matter'

> It's been a decade since 34 mineworkers died at the hands of the South African Police Service while protesting for a living wage. What really happened that fateful day and how has it shaped South Africa in the ten years since?

By Daily Maverick · Published 15 August 2022, 23:32 SAST · Updated 17 August 2022, 14:28 SAST