Sikhala Sonke eMarikana Press Statement
20 March 2014
We are the Women of Marikana and we will occupy Wonderkop Stadium Tomorrow on Human Rights Day, 21 March 2014.
The women of Marikana have been denied the right to March to Lonmin. The protest permit was refused today because Lonmin refused to write a letter granting permission for the women to march tomorrow.
But we will still go ahead with our plans to hand over a memorandum of our grievances as a community and as the women of Marikana which we feel Lonmin should address. The public safety department was willing to allow us to march but it is Lonmin who has refused our call. What gives Lonmin the right to decide on our constitutional right to march?