Anglican Bishop Jo Seoka’s recollection of the events of August 16 in Marikana visibly moved those in attendance.
Police testimony has revealed that police tied the hands of some of the wounded protesters after the shooting that left 34 miners dead near Marikana.
Speculation has been mounting about how high the apparent cover-up goes surrounding the alleged tampering with the crime scene in the massacre.
The latest police testimony at the inquiry into the Marikana massacre has continued to punch holes in the first few police witnesses.
There were more gut-wrenching scenes at the Farlam commission as police presented gruesome pictures of burnt, dismembered Lonmin security guards.
Photos shown at the Farlam commission seem to indicate police had tampered with the crime scene, planting weapons around the bodies of the miners.
Shaft committees from Anglo American Platinum met discreetly in a Rustenburg park to discuss ways of adding impetus to their seven-week strike action.
The police’s strategy of disclosing as little as possible had been wearing thin and it was off-camera events that took centre stage.
Police testimony at the Farlam commission continues amid an atmosphere of increasing volatility and outrage at the behind-the-scene peculiarities.
Police testimony at the Marikana commission of inquiry has continued amid an atmosphere of volatility and outrage at behind-the-scenes peculiarities.