Only Malema cares' - Lonmin Miners scorn Zuma team

The crisis surrounding events at Lonmin platinum mine has deepened after workers rejected overtures by the government to rescue the situation.

"If [President Jacob] Zuma wants to show us he cares and that he wants to help, he can make sure we get the money we want," Xolani Ndzuza said on behalf of striking workers at the mine.

Read the liveblog of the Lonmin mine shooting here

Ndzuza was responding to the interministerial task team set up by Zuma to investigate last week's shooting, who visited the community on Tuesday.
Some 34 people were killed and 78 were wounded in a shootout between police and miners in Marikana, Rustenburg following a protracted labour dispute between workers and Lonmin management.
Most of those killed are understood to have been involved in illegal industrial action at the mine after rock drillers affiliated to the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) demanded that their monthly salary of R4 000 be increased to R12 500.
"We agree with you that blood was spilled here. This is not something we condone," Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said, to angry jeers from the assembled crowd.
"We are sorry, this hurts all of us. As government we would like to assist you with the organisation of Thursday's memorial service," she added.
But the government's offer to help didn't placate the angry workers.
"Julius Malema is the only one who cares about us," Ndzuza said. "He spoke to us and he is helping us,"