The Marikana Support Campaign says the Farlam commission’s new terms of reference could exonerate those responsible for the massacre.
Section 27 of the Employment Equity Act has been largely ignored since 1998, even by Cosatu, write Dick Forslund and Jeff Rudin.
The SAPS has quizzed Lieutenant Colonel Salmon Vermaak about an episode where he instructed a junior police officer to fire at a protester in 2012.
The Farlam commission has heard that the operations in the week leading up to the Marikana massacre were "not a success".
Many spouses of the Marikana massacre’s victims are having to balance their need for answers with a pressing need to return home and move on.
During a cross-examination, North West Lieutenant Colonel Omphile Joseph Merafe told the Marikana commission he is very "heartbroken".
The Farlam commission has heard that the police at Marikana were dissatisified with their commander, Major General William Mpembe.
Police witness Mr X will be allowed to testify in camera by video link but his name and photo must be disclosed to the evidence leaders and parties.
Senior cop Salmon Vermaak has outlined internal problems that contributed to the Marikana killings during his testimony at at the Farlam commission.
Serious doubts have been raised about the legitimacy of the police submission to the Marikana inquiry for the testimony of Mr X to be held in camera.
Marikana has scarred villagers in the Eastern Cape, where the ANC is losing further ground.
The laywer says the SAPS must show that Mr X’s life is in danger, otherwise he has a duty to inform his clients of the man’s identity.
North West air wing chief Salmon Vermaak has broken ranks to give his ‘true’ version of the Marikana events.
This has become the standard method for authorities trying to avoid taking responsibility for Âwrongdoing, such as killing 34 miners at Marikana.
We wrap up weekly findings from two of SA’s most important commissions of inquiry – the Farlam Marikana probe, and the Seriti arms deal inquiry.
The public rushes pell-mell to pore over tales told by pale males, yet scorns deeper societal tragedies, writes Nikiwe Bikitsha.
While most eyes were glued on the pscar Pistorius trial, the Seriti arms deal and Marikana commissions continued their work.
Dali Mpofu has told the Farlam commission that police should have foreseen that strikers would retaliate to it using barbed wire to control crowds.
The Marikana commission has resumed with the questioning of the police officer in charge of the intervention in the mine’s wage-related strike.
The operational commander at Marikana has admitted he became aware of the deadly shootings at Lonmin mine nearly an hour after the incident occured.
The Farlam commission has heard the shooting of miners at Marikana was not due to the police’s dispersal plan but to the individual action of police.
The emergence of an attempted cover-up has painted key police witnesses into a corner, writes Kwanele Sosibo.
"Fourth camera angle" Marikana footage appears to further implicate police and raises questions about who ordered the use of deadly force.
Legal Aid SA has agreed to cover the legal costs of injured miners while deciding whether to appeal the court decision, which ordered them to do so.
A high court ruling ordering Legal Aid SA to pay the legal fees of Marikana massacre victims sets a precedent for future commissions.
The opposition’s fervent support of the Marikana miners has been read as political opportunism, but civilians behind the campaign seem okay with it.
The mineworkers’ legal representatives are begging for help
as the commission limps along.
An open letter calling on government to make finances available for the team representing men injured and arrested after the Marikana massacre.
The Marikana massacre inquiry’s integrity is at stake as it remains postponed while victims seek funding and yet another worker is killed at the mine.
Appalled by Marikana, foreign lawyer Dave Coleman has joined a local firm to take up their grievances.
The legal team representing the Lonmin miners at the Farlam commission has still not received a copy of the judgment handed down a week ago.
The Farlam commission of inquiry will stand down until Thursday so that the injured miners’ representation can file at the ConCourt over funding.