As South Africans continue to debate the Farlam Commission’s report on the Marikana massacre, Africa Check says President Jacob Zuma’s summary of the findings, televised live last week, did not address did not adequately reflect the main points in the report. Zuma is facing renewed criticism after the release of[…]
The miners who killed two SA police service members and two Lonmin security guards should also be prosecuted, AfriForum said on Monday. “The mine workers who launched the attacks and committed the murders should be prosecuted,” AfriForum’s head of community safety, Ian Cameron said. Cameron said their stories needed to[…]
The Farlam Commission of Inquiry report’s was criticised at a meeting in Wonderkop, Marikana near Rustenburg on Sunday for certain findings it made against Amcu. “Amcu was not existing in Lonmin in 2012. We did not even know Joseph Mathunjwa [the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union president],” mineworker Lindani[…]
The failure of the Farlam Commission report on the Marikana Massacre to hold any executive within government accountable for the deaths of 36 miners, has come as little surprise, according to Dr Dale Mckinley of the Right2Know Campaign. The long awaited report was released by President Jacob Zuma on Thursday.[…]
President Jacob Zuma on Friday called on political parties not to use what happened at Marikana for political posturing. Speaking at the 60-year anniversary of the Freedom Charter in Kliptown, Soweto, Zuma said what happened in Marikana, where 44 people were killed during a platinum strike in the North West[…]
Opposition parties called on police commissioner Riah Phiyega to be suspended or axed and Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa to face the might of the law despite the Marikana report exonerating him from any involvement in the 2012 shootings. Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane said the Marikana commission’s report seemed to[…]
An application for President Jacob Zuma to immediately release the Farlam Commission’s report on the Marikana killings was dismissed because the applicants were not yet entitled to that information, a lawyer said on Monday. “He [Judge Neil Tuchten] says that it is information that we are not entitled to. It[…]
Lawyers for mineworkers are set to argue on Monday why President Jacob Zuma should urgently release the Marikana report. The urgent application in the High Court in Pretoria comes after they wrote to Zuma two weeks ago, warning him to release the report within two days or face legal action. The[…]
In-fighting in the ANC has stopped President Jacob Zuma from sharing the contents of the Marikana report with his fellow party leaders and Cabinet ministers, according to UDM leader Bantu Holomisa. “It is clear that he has not yet shared what is contained there [in the report] with the ANC[…]
While calm has returned to Philippi East after violent protests, tensions between the Cape Town communities of Lower Crossroads and the Marikana informal settlement remain high. Marikana community leader, Joseph Makeleni, told News24 community meetings and negotiations would continue “until everyone is happy”. “Our fight was never with the people[…]
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