Lomnin employee to wrap up Marikana testimony:Monday 25 August 2014. Shadrack Mtshamba will conclude his testimony today at the commission, he is one of the hundreds of Lonmin mineworkers who took part in the fatal strike in 2012.
(SABC) Lonmin mineworker, Shadrack Mtshamba will conclude his testimony Monday in the Marikana Commission of Inquiry. He is one of the hundreds of Lonmin mineworkers who took part in the fatal strike in 2012, but escaped unharmed. Thirty four of his fellow strikers were gunned down by the police on August 16th 2012 at Marikana. Mtshamba, a rock drill operator was last week accused by police lawyers of tailoring his evidence.
He first told the commission that during the shootout, he saw one striker who was trying to get away being run over by a police Nyala, but later changed his statement, admitting that what he saw being run over was in fact a blanket. In his statement, Shadrack Mtshamba related gory details of miners who were trying to surrender who were shot by the police. Another mineworker, Xolani Nzuza, will take to the stand. We killed people at Marikana: Mr X:Thursday 19 June 2014. We killed people at Marikana: Mr X:Thursday 19 June 2014. We killed people at Marikana: Mr X:Thursday 19 June 2014. Zuma to make Marikana report public:Sunday 10 May 2015.
President Zuma set up the inquiry into the Marikana tragedy to investigate the tragic events which took place around Marikana mine in Rustenburg.
(SABC) President Jacob Zuma will in the coming few weeks release the full report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Marikana tragedy. At least 44 people died while roughly 70 were injured and over 250 arrested in the wake of strike-related unrest. The commission, chaired by retired Judge Ian Farlam,was set up by President Zuma to investigate the tragic events which took place around Marikana mine in Rustenburg, North West province, in 2012.
Justice Farlam presented the inquiry's findings and recommendations to Zuma last month. Statue in honour of Marikana victims to be erected:Saturday 25 April 2015. Chief executive of the NHC, Sonwabo Mancotywa, says that the “living memorial” will symbolise healing and help create jobs.
(SABC) Recently the country has been consumed by the status of colonial and apartheid statues. However, one future memorial likely to enjoy unanimous support is the one that will be erected in honour of the Marikana victims. In August 2012, 34 miners were gunned down by police and a further 10 killed in the days leading up to that fateful day. A recommendation in the Marikana Report, a heritage project to heal the community and the country, if approved, is likely to be spearheaded by the National Heritage Council (NHC).
Chief executive of the NHC, Sonwabo Mancotywa, says that the “living memorial” will symbolise healing and help create jobs. “There must be consultation, the families are important because there are people who perished. “It can have a healing component but also benefit the community, create jobs and restore dignity to the community,” says Mancotywa. Mpofu welcomes Marikana ruling on Mr X:Wednesday 16 April 2014. Mystery witness, Mr X, will testify in camera at the Marikana Commission.
(SABC) Lawyer for the injured and arrested miners at the Marikana Commission of Inquiry, advocate Dali Mpofu, has welcomed the ruling that the police's mysterious witness, Mr "X" will testify in camera. Commission chair, judge Ian Farlam, ruled on Tuesday that Mr X give his evidence via video link for safety reasons. The mysterious man claims to have been part of the group of protesters that attacked National Union of Mineworkers offices and also hacked two security guards to death during the 2012 labour unrest at Lonmin mine in Marikana.
Despite the arrested and injured miners’ threats together with the widows of the miners to abandon the commission, should Mr X testify in camera, it was Farlam who had the final say. In response, Mpofu says he's satisfied the ruling didn't sideline victims of the shootings and those affected. Farlam made it clear that no photograph of Mr X shall be published or broadcast.