WARNING: EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT<br/> <br />Cheers for former African National Congress (ANC) youth leader Julius Malema as he arrives in Marikana on Saturday - two days after 34 miners were shot dead by police.<br/> <br />The political firebrand, expelled from the ANC last year for sowing divisions within the party, had previously called for nationalization of the mines and seizure of white-owned land.<br/> <br />Tensions are continuing to run high in the region with police on high alert to prevent a re-occurrence of Thursday's massacre.<br/> <br />Images of the police opening fire on the striking platinum miners have made headlines worldwide and rekindled memories of South Africa's apartheid era.<br/> <br />Police say they were acting in self defence after being charged by thousands of miners armed with machetes and sticks.<br/> <br />Before Thursday, 10 people had died in nearly a week of conflict between rival unions at the Lonmin plant.<br/> <br />The London headquartered company has been forced to shut down all its South African platinum operations which account for 12 percent of global output.
