Two of the police officers deployed to Marikana in August have committed suicide, says national police commissioner Riah Phiyega.
The president would not fire the police minister for the Marikana killings because he saw the incident as a mistake, the Farlam commission has heard.
President Jacob Zuma has extended the period for the Farlam commission of inquiry beyond the end of May.
Families of miners shot dead by police in Marikana walked out of the Farlam commission when a police officer conveyed his condolences to them.
Senior police officer Lieutenant Colonel Duncan Scott has admitted to drawing up the plan to deal with striking Marikana miners last year.
Experts have called for an intervention as union tensions shake an already volatile industry.
Police changed their version of events at Marikana to fit the evidence of expert witnesses, the Farlam commission of inquiry heard.
Police did not foresee the reaction of protesting Lonmin miners to the deployment of barbed wire, the Farlam commission has heard.
Most parties involved in the Farlam commission of inquiry support a call for its hearings to be moved from Rustenburg to Pretoria, it has heard.
The SAPS have been reviewing several operational aspects following the Marikana wage-related unrest last year that left 44 people dead.
After leaving in the wake of his stabbing in East London, advocate Dali Mpofu is set to return to the Farlam commission of inquiry this week.
Police officers knew a substance thought to be muti was given to striking Marikana mineworkers, the Farlam commission of inquiry has heard.
A police report has confirmed that officers shot dead 34 striking mineworkers at Marikana, the Farlam Commission of Inquiry heard.
It is unconfirmed that police officers shot dead striking mineworkers in Marikana last year, the police commissioner has told the Farlam commission.
Discussions about whether to move the Farlam commission from Rustenburg to Johannesburg or Pretoria will take place when advocate Dali Mpofu returns.
The presidency has announced that advocate Mbuyiseli Madlanga has been appointed to the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
The Farlam commission of inquiry is hoping to continue as planned next week, following an attack on miners’ advocate Dali Mpofu.
The police team who shot dead striking mineworkers were thanked for following protocol, says National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega.
Police chief Riah Phiyega has admitted that she did refer to the muddy police doctrine of "maximum force" in relation to the Marikana massacre.
We speak to Kwanele Sosibo about what Riah Phiyega said and notably left out of her testimony at the Farlam commission into the Marikana killings.
Riah Phiyega has endured sexism as police chief, but she lacks the requisite management skills and should therefore resign, writes Sisonke Msimang.
Join us as we look at police commissioner Riah Phiyega’s testimony at the Farlam commission of inquiry into the Marikana massacre.
National Police Chief Riah Phiyega has stuck to her stance that police acted in self-defence when they shot dead 34 striking mineworkers at Marikana.
Police commissioner Riah Phiyega is set to have a tough cross examination at the Marikana commission after a decidedly dismal start to her testimony.
National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyegah seems to be treated "like a child who needed to be told what do say or do", according to police insiders.
National police commissioner Riah Phiyega has started giving evidence before the Farlam commission of inquiry into the Marikana killings.
The Farlam commission of inquiry has made an appeal to the media to hand over any unseen footage of the August 16 shooting at Marikana, North West.
Striking Marikana miners carried weapons for protection, after hearing that NUM members had killed two miners, the Farlam commission of inquiry heard.
It has been an interesting week at the Farlam commission of inquiry as "underprepared" advocate Dali Mpofu faced NUM president Senzeni Zokwana.
The National Union of Mineworkers’ president Senzeni Zokwana says he did not think the people gathering at the koppie in Marikana were criminals.
The strike at Lonmin’s Marikana mine was redefined as a criminal act to allow for violence against the workers, the Farlam commission has heard.
Cellphone video footage taken by two police officers of the Marikana shootings has been broadcasted by a UK-based news channel.