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In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015, Mavuso Magabane, centre right, with fellow actors perform in the musical “Marikana” in Pretoria, South Africa. South Africans sing and dance when they mourn, which is why a musical is a fitting way to commemorate the police shootings of striking miners three years ago, says the lead actor of “Marikana – The Musical”. On August 16 2012, a weekslong labor dispute reached a bloody climax as police opened fire and killed 34 miners in Marikana, a mining town in the North West province. Mavuso Magabane plays the leader of the strike who was killed in the shootings that were the largest loss of life in a police operation since South Africa achieved majority rule in 1994. (Photo by Themba Hadebe/AP Photo)
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