Lives could have been saved if a wage dispute at Lonmin’s Marikana mine had been settled outside of national bargaining processes, says NUM.
An advocate representing over 20 families of the deceased would not retract his statement that police may have destroyed video evidence.
Human rights lawyer George Bizos has questioned a senior cop over police conduct at the Farlam commission into the Marikana shootings.
Farlam commission of inquiry chairperson Ian Farlam has cautioned against intimidation after allegations of an altercation between two rival unions.
Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa has refused to accept responsibility for the deaths of Lonmin security guards at the hands of striking workers.
Families of the mineworkers who were shot on August 16 believe the police and Lonmin mine are responsible for the Marikana killings.
Joseph Mathunjwa’s testimony that Lonmin spoke to workers outside of bargaining structures has been supported by the company’s legal counsel.
Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa has come under scrutiny at the Farlam commission over his agenda on the day of the Marikana massacre.
A number of red T-shirt clad NUM supporters arrived at the Farlam commission to hear the second day of Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa’s testimony.
Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa says ‘sinister forces’ were behind the August 10 action that culminated in the death of 34 people on August 16.
Bishop Johannes Seoka has come under fire at the Farlam commission and by a task team investigating his controversial decisions as a religious leader.
Previously unseen footage provided by police to the Farlam commission reveals orders given by airborne officials to police on the ground.
Video footage of events leading up to the August 16 shootings shown at the Farlam commission appears to have glaring and calculated omissions.
A report detailing how firearms were used during the Marikana shooting were ready, a lawyer representing the police has told the Farlam commission.
Advocate George Bizos has questioned police training co-ordinator, Brigadier Petrus Breytenbach, on the deployment of specialised units to Marikana.
The Farlam commission of inquiry into the Marikana shootings heard further police evidence, which revealed police had rearranged weapons on the scene.
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.
Police testimony at the Farlam commission continues amid an atmosphere of increasing volatility and outrage at the behind-the-scene peculiarities.
The Farlam commission has heard that six people arrested in connection with murders around Marikana claim to have been tortured.
In a day dominated by sideshows, testimony continued at the Farlam commission with a succession of police officers stepping onto the witness stand.
The validity of video footage taken by police of the Marikana shooting is being questioned as the criminology expert’s evidence lacks detail.
The Farlam commission is in danger of collapsing after lawyers said they couldn’t proceed because of recent arrests and the withdrawal of funding.
The Socio-Economic Rights Institute says the families of those killed in Marikana want to attend the Farlam commission but need funds to travel.
ANC heavyweight and businessman Cyril Ramaphosa has offered to testify at the Marikana commission of inquiry.
The justice department is yet to confirm reports it will no longer support the families of the victims of the Marikana killings.
Does Cyril Ramaphosa have blood on his hands? That is the question being asked, and is far too glibly answered.
Lawyers have called for the immediate release of four witnesses arrested and intimidated, as they were returning from the Farlam commission.