It is a plot of around 20 acres, with veld surrounding the koppie, which is around 80 metres high. |
On Tuesday 14 August, as hundreds of strikers on the koppie were being given rites to keep them safe by the sangoma's two sons, Lonmin executives met secretly with the provincial police chief, Lt Gen Mbombo. |
The following day, Sunday 12 August, a group of about 150 strikers marched from their new base on the koppie to the Lonmin office. |
We rushed up to him, and there, sure enough, in a deep cut or indentation on the very top of the sand koppie, was an undoubted pool of water. |
The 8 kilometre route then heads up the koppie, where there is a small section where the grass has been cut down to accommodate the lack of a formal road. |
It shows police officers walking and shooting far from the initial clash, and the television cameras there, near the rocks of the koppie. |