A member of Lonmin’s tactical response unit has told the Farlam commission that stopping the approximately 3 000 protesters was impossible.
One of the four suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a Samancor Chrome mine employee has also been implicated in Mr X’s testimony.
Had the Lonmin security guards observed a radio security warning they might never have confronted the enraged miners and suffered fatalities.
The testimony of Mr X has dealt with the 10 killings leading up to the Marikana massacre of 34 miners. The M&G spoke to their families this week.
A miner implicated by Mr X’s testimony as one of those responsible for the death of police officers and security guards, has been killed.
A miner who is testifying at the Marikana commission says both the police and mining company Lonmin were innocent in the events at Marikana in 2012.
The police’s key witness refused to answer further questions after the miners’ advocate brought his mental and emotional state into question.
The Farlam commission has heard that police witness Mr X would be discarding muti, to follow the prescripts of Christianity.
Mr X on Thursday apologised to the families of the people he claims he had a hand in killing in the days leading up to the Marikana massacre.
Dali Mpofu has accused Nathi Mthethwa of bowing to political pressure and lying to the Farlam commission, saying he should be charged with murder.
While accepting responsibility for police operations on August 16 2012, the former police minister pointed out he wasn’t personally to blame.
The fatal shooting of 34 people during the Marikana strike has no place in a modern South Africa, according to former police minister Nathi Mthethwa.
As former police minister Nathi Mthethwa is set to begin his testimony at the Marikana commission, we focus on some questions he’ll have to answer.
Advocate Dali Mpofu is expected to fire accusations at former police minister Nathi Mthethwa that he sparked the Marikana massacre.
The Marikana Commission has once again adjourned before hearing the end of Mr X’s testimony.
Mr X, testifying at the Marikana Commission, claims that Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa told some strikers to kill NUM president Senzeni Zokwana.
An international policing expert, Gary White, says there were major problems with Marikana’s planning, intelligence, and command and control.
Stabbing, hacking, shooting and burning were "necessary" to make miners aware of the strike.
The Marikana Commission was the stage for more scenes of anguish on Tuesday as the testimony of Mr X continued.
Family members of the Lonmin security guards who were killed by striking miners cried inconsolably as a witness described the details of the murders.
The Farlam commission has heard that a request to have a witness undergo mental observation had no merit and that there’s no factual basis for it.
Mr X, a miner under police protection, has testified about removing "pieces of flesh" from a murdered security guard to make their muti stronger.
The police are hoping his statement will show that the Marikana miners were planning violence on the day 34 were killed in August 2012.
The Farlam commission will finally hear Mr X’s testimony on Thursday. Here are five reasons to follow his story.
An SAPS unit commander ordered his men to sweep the koppie for guns instead of aiding the wounded.
A unit commander has told the Farlam commission he could not recall ever seeing the police’s official crime scene policy.
Head commissioner Ian Farlam has granted the SAPS a postponement for Mr X’s testimony to be heard on June 19 rather than June 9.
The police have applied to the Marikana commission to hear Mr X’s evidence 10 days later than planned because they need more time to prepare him.
Inconsistencies and contradictions taint the SAPS’s version of events at Marikana in August 2012.
A member of Lonmin management has faced strong criticism for not being willing to negotiate directly with the miners during their strike.
One of the Marikana police shooters has told the Farlam commission he shot a striking mineworker after he was charged at with a spear.
Mr X will not testify at the Marikana commission this week due to arrangements with Lonmin mine taking longer than expected.