Tensions remained high in Philippi East, Cape Town, on Monday morning following days of conflict between residents of neighbouring areas, which has resulted in the death of three men and property damage estimated at R20m. Residents of Lower Crossroads were said to be unhappy with people from Marikana informal settlement,[…]
The workers injured and arrested in the Marikana shooting, their families, and labour union Amcu, are to approach the courts to force President Jacob Zuma to release the Marikana report. Andries Mkome, the lawyer representing all parties, said they would approach the courts on Monday “on an urgent basis of[…]
Protesters demanding the Marikana report have allegedly stormed a dinner on Friday in Johannesburg where Deputy President Cyril Ramphosa was speaking. The Deputy Public Protector of the Republic of South Africa Kevin Malunga tweeted: “Protesters just stormed Muslim Civil Society dinner where DP Cyril Ramaphosa is speaking shouting that he[…]
The Constitutional Court will on Thursday hear an application for leave to appeal a ruling which compelled Legal Aid SA to fund the legal representatives of miners at the Marikana Commission of Inquiry. The miners, approximately 300 of them, secured private funding for legal representation for only the first few[…]
Former police commissioner Bheki Cele says the Farlam Commission of Inquiry’s findings into the Marikana shooting should be released. “It should be made public,” he told News24. “Some of us, our commissions were live and the results were there for everyone to read.” Thirty-four people were killed near Lonmin’s platinum[…]
A thief who broke into advocate Dumisa Ntsebezas car in central Pretoria on Tuesday morning stole his briefcase and laptop containing evidence for the Marikana commission of inquiry. Ntsebeza is the legal representative for the families of the Marikana miners. Among the items stolen were a telephone book with contacts[…]
The official report into the police killing of 34 South African miners in 2012 is due to be submitted to President Jacob Zuma, with rights groups demanding that its findings are published immediately. Phuti Setati, secretary of the Marikana Commission, told AFP news agency that the Farlam report would be[…]
A formal application will be made by Anglican Bishop Jo Seoka and the Marikana Support Group to have August 16, the day 34 mineworkers were killed in Marikana, to be declared a public holiday, the Sowetan reported on Friday. “It is appropriate to campaign for August 16 to be a[…]
The public hearings of the commission of inquiry into the events at Marikana, near Rustenburg in North West, in August 2012 closed on Friday after a sitting lasting 300 days. The hearings had proceeded more “harmoniously” than initially anticipated, said the commission’s chairman, retired judge Ian Farlam. Adjourning the commission[…]
The outcome of the Farlam Commission of Inquiry will have several limitations because it is not a court of law, Ishmael Semenya SC, for the SA Police Service (SAPS), said on Thursday. “For my part, I will be surprised if the president receives your report which says ‘there are pointers[…]
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