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Marikana, Afrique du Sud
10:26:56 AMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Africa/Johannesburg

Marikana massacre
2012 killing of striking miners by police in Wonderkop, North West, South Africa
Heure locale actuelle
10:26:56 AM
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Fuseau horaire
SAST
Africa/Johannesburg · UTC+02:00
Prochain jour férié
Workers' Day
vendredi 1 mai 2026 · Public
Chevauchement d'horaires maintenant
3 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Marikana right now
Aéroport le plus proche
HLA
Lanseria International Airport · 53 km
Aéroports indexés
8
Curated airport references available for Afrique du Sud
Snapshot at render time: 10:26:56 AM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Marikana (UTC+02:00, SAST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
16°C, Light drizzle
Feels like 15°C · Humidity 86% · Wind 14 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:32 AM to 05:41 PM
Day length 11h 9m · Solar noon 12:07 PM
Next country holiday
Workers' Day
vendredi 1 mai 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Marikana local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
23.4K
Coordinates
-25.70, 27.47
Timezone
Africa/Johannesburg
Aéroports indexés
8
Capital
Pretoria
Languages
Afrikaans, English
Currency
ZAR (R)
Country area
1,221,037 km²
Local time in Marikana runs on the SAST, UTC+02:00 clock; with roughly 23.4K residents the city (rank #215 by population in this dataset) is a working reference point inside Afrique du Sud.
Geographically, Marikana is at 25.70°S, 27.47°E — that places it in the Southern Hemisphere's subtropics, about 2853 km from the equator, with warmer-half daylight that stretches noticeably in summer.
Today the sun rises around 06:32 AM and sets around 05:41 PM in Marikana — about 11h 9m of daylight. Afrique du Sud stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Rustenburg (24 km from Marikana) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 8 curated airport pages indexed for Afrique du Sud.
On 2026-05-01, Workers' Day is the next holiday flag for Marikana — worth blocking out for launches or logistics.
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Timezone
SAST
IANA Zone
Africa/Johannesburg
UTC Offset
UTC+02:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Quarter
Q2
Countries at UTC+02:00
Burundi, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Sudan, Sudan, Rwanda, Malawi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Other cities in this timezone
London
-1h
New York
-6h
Los Angeles
-9h
Dubai
+2h
Singapore
+6h
Tokyo
+7h
Sydney
+8h
São Paulo
-5h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Marikana.
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 09:26 AM | -1h | Good to call now |
| New York | 04:26 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 01:26 AM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 12:26 PM | +2h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 04:26 PM | +6h | Good to call now |
| Tokyo | 05:26 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 06:26 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 05:26 AM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
Rustenburg
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 24 km away
Hartbeestfontein-A
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 29 km away
Brits
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 31 km away
Hartbeespoort
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 40 km away
Letlhabile
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 44 km away
Bagale
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 44 km away
Krugersdorp
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 52 km away
Ga-Rankuwa
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 53 km away
Marikana est dans le fuseau horaire Africa/Johannesburg (SAST), avec un décalage UTC de +02:00.
Marikana n'observe pas actuellement l'heure d'été.
Le décalage UTC actuel pour Marikana est UTC+02:00.
Marikana sits at 25.70°S, 27.47°E in Afrique du Sud, with about 23.4K residents (rank #215 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Marikana is Dubai, about 6,399 km away as the crow flies.
Rustenburg is the closest indexed city, roughly 24 km from Marikana.
Lanseria International Airport (HLA) is the closest curated airport reference, about 53 km from Marikana.
Workers' Day is the next upcoming holiday in Afrique du Sud, on vendredi 1 mai 2026.
The Marikana massacre was the killing of thirty-four miners by the South African Police Service (SAPS) on 16 August 2012 during a six-week wildcat strike at the Lonmin platinum mine at Marikana near Rustenburg in South Africa's North West province. The massacre constituted the most lethal use of force by South African security forces against civilians since the Soweto uprising in 1976 and has been compared to the 1960 Sharpeville massacre.
From Marikana the nearest of our reference hubs are Dubai (~6,399 km), São Paulo (~7,390 km), Singapore (~8,709 km), while Los Angeles sits about 16,599 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.
Marikana sits inside Afrique du Sud — the Southern Africa subregion, capital Pretoria, languages Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, currency ZAR (R).
Rustenburg (24 km), Hartbeestfontein-A (29 km), Brits (31 km), Hartbeespoort (40 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around Marikana — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Marikana: Workers' Day, Youth Day, National Women's Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Afrique du Sud.
Closest curated airport references from Marikana: HLA Johannesburg (53 km), JNB Johannesburg (91 km), PTG Polokwane (287 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
Lanseria International AirportHLA
Johannesburg · 53 km from Marikana
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 49m
O.R. Tambo International AirportJNB
Johannesburg · 91 km from Marikana
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 52m
Polokwane International AirportPTG
Polokwane · 287 km from Marikana
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 7m
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 395 km from Marikana
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 15m
King Shaka International AirportDUR
Durban · 564 km from Marikana
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 28m
Exchange snapshot
1 ZAR = 0.051 EUR · 1 ZAR = 0.045 GBP · 1 ZAR = 0.060 USD
As of 2026-04-29
On this day
2021: Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
2014: A bomb blast in Ürümqi, China kills three people and injures 79 others.
2013: Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix.
Coordination pulse
3 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now