As the country marks the eighth anniversary of the Marikana massacre, there has not been any accountability and or justice for the victims of the Marikana massacre which took place in August 2020. As if that is not enough, the situation according to community leaders is now worse than it was before. "Things are bad, its worse than before," said Primrose Sonti, a Marikana community leader and a lawmaker for the radical leftist opposition Economic Freedom Fighters. "Here in Marikana people are hungry, people are angry," she said, adding some are so poor they can't even afford face masks or food. Water is also a problem in some areas, making it difficult to respect hygiene measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. "How are we going to wash hands without water," she said. The head of one of the country’s biggest mining companies has however called for a process similar to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for the industry.