Gallery: Memorial service for Lonmin miners

Religious leaders and hundreds of people attend a memorial service for the 44 people killed during strike action at Lonmin's Marikana mine. Photo: AFP

Mourners attend to the memorial service for the miners killed during strike action at the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg. Photo: AP

Mourners attend a memorial service for the miners killed during strike action at the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg. Photo: AP

Mourners make their way to the memorial service for the miners killed during strike action at the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg. Photo: AP

Mourners attend to the memorial service for the miners killed during strike action at the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg. Photo: AP

Julius Malema attends a memorial service for the 44 people killed during strike action at Lonmin's Marikana mine. Photo: AFP

A relative is comforted ahead of memorial services for miners killed during clashes at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine in Rustenburg. Photo: Reuters

A relative is comforted ahead of memorial services for miners killed during clashes at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine in Rustenburg. File photo by Reuters.

Relatives and family members of miners killed during clashes at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine are comforted ahead of a memorial service in Rustenburg. Photo: Reuters

A relative of a miner killed during clashes at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine is attended to after passing out at a memorial service in Rustenburg. Photo: Reuters

A man holds flowers during a memorial service for miners killed during clashes at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine, in Rustenburg. Photo: Reuters