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| Source: dailymaverick.co.za |
Following the gunning of 34 miners at the hands of the SAPS at Marikana mine a few weeks ago, you'd have been forgiver for thinking that a memo was issued urging all reporters to only dissect and analyse the shooting that was captured in the video that has shocked the world.
As you can see there were no more than a dozen miners in that video. You'd have expected journalists to find out how the others were killed. Instead, we got reactions from Politicians and pundits. That was until Friday when Greg Marinovich's prolific piece journalism was published in The Daily Maverick website. In it he details his two week investigation, re-traced the steps the police would have taken on that fateful afternoon and interviewed witnesses.
He concludes that a lot of those shot we murdered by the police in cold blood. Of course an enquiry in is underway but if I were a betting man, I'd say nobody will be held to account. It will be concluded that the Police shot the miners because they were defending themselves and lessons will be learned and let's move on please.
I digress. It was very brave of The Daily Maverick to be the lone dissenting voice and publish his piece when it would have been easier to hide behind the safety in numbers. I'm also encouraged to learn that their paid version iMaverick is doing well, which is no mean feat in the South African digital space. This can only mean they are not going away anytime soon.
And that's just as well.
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