The Sibanye mineworker is said to have entered a scraper path and was caught by it, dying instantly.

The typical South African mineworker has eight dependants, many of whom live far from the mines in remote rural areas.

The former mineworker's union leader is on the board of mining company Lonmin and called for intervention against the striking workers.

Kim Sinclair, a mother and the wife of a mineworker from Moranbah, said she pulled her children out of school this week.

Sibanye in hot waters yet again The Sibanye mineworker is said to have entered a scraper path and was caught by it, dying instantly.

An emotional Ntsileng recalled how they found a mineworker hiding behind some rocks, who was later executed in cold blood by one of the officers.

The raise is not believed to have affected a large proportion of mineworkers.

Striking mineworkers interviewed by the Guardian in Marikana this week echoed the sentiment.

But the activities of this new department will be confined to safe-guarding mineworkers.

But this massacre of mineworkers that still hangs above his head.

This allowed the mining companies to treat black mineworkers as cheap, expendable labour.

Striking mineworkers have expressed their anger at Zuma for not addressing them on Friday

There are a further two mineworkers who remain unaccounted for, with one still trapped.

He told mineworkers not to trust the ANC government.

It was unclear how many mineworkers went on strike.

There was even mention of camaraderie between police and mineworkers on the more peaceful picket lines.