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Today marks 10 years since the Marikana massacre in South Africa in which 34 striking miners were shot dead by police. A decade on, families say they are yet to receive promised compensation from the government.

The incident at the Lonmin Platinum mine was the deadliest involving police action since the end of apartheid. South Africa’s government says it has paid out almost $10 million to the families so far and that it aims to settle all outstanding claims by the end of August.

Asenati Tukela is a lawyer from the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa and represents 36 families seeking recompense. He tells Newsday that the “government needs to provide a lot more…more than 300 workers were impacted alongside the families."

(Picture: Police officers open fire on striking mine workers on August 16, 2012 in Marikana, South Africa. Credit: Felix Dlangamandla/Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images.)