South African police are filmed shooting dead 34 miners... but prosecutors charge their 270 fellow strikers with murder under tainted Apartheid- era law Instead...

South African prosecutors have
sparked outrage after charging
270 miners with the murders of
34 of their striking colleagues
who were shot dead by police.
The mass killing of the strikers at
the
Marikana mine this month was
one of the most shocking
incidents since the end of white
rule in 1994.
And now the arrested miners
have been charged under a law
dating from the apartheid era
that alleges they had a 'common
purpose' in the murder of their
co-workers.
The African National Congress,
whose members used to be
gunned down by apartheid
police at protest rallies and
targeted with draconian laws,
has been severely criticised for
using similar tactics now that it
is in power.
President Jacob Zuma has seen
his support erode, with his
enemies saying he is more
interested in getting close to
industry and powerful labour
groups than miners working
deep underground.