Families of the mineworkers who were shot on August 16 believe the police and Lonmin mine are responsible for the Marikana killings.
AMCU’s Joseph Mathunjwa was accused of misleading the police into believing that workers would disarm on the morning of August 16.
Amcu’s leader Joseph Mathunjwa has done very little talking at the Marikana commission. Yet when the dust settled, he emerged somewhat vindicated.
Bishop Johannes Seoka refused to retract his ‘strident’ remarks about the SAPS as he faced cross-examination at the Farlam commission of inquiry.
Bishop Johannes Seoka has come under fire at the Farlam commission and by a task team investigating his controversial decisions as a religious leader.
Like his initial interaction with the miners of Marikana, Bishop Johannes Seoka left the Marikana commission of inquiry as quickly as he appeared.
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.
Financial exclusion played a crucial role in the tensions that led to the Marikana tragedy.
The police’s strategy of disclosing as little as possible had been wearing thin and it was off-camera events that took centre stage.
The Farlam commission has heard that six people arrested in connection with murders around Marikana claim to have been tortured.
The arrest of four would-be witnesses after attending the hearings is being seen by their comrades as a police attempt to intimidate witnesses
Emotional scenes unfolded at the Farlam commission, after clips showing the shootings that took place on August 16 at Lonmin.
The use of lethal force in the days ahead of the August 16 Marikana shootings was justified, the National Union of Mineworkers is expected to testify.
The justice department is footing the R75-million bill for the Farlam commission but the cost to the cash-strapped department may well escalate.
Initial investigations by the NCR have shown that 10 out of 12 credit providers inspected in Marikana may be guilty of reckless lending practices.
Pauline Masuhlo’s family will have to wait to discover whether the circumstances surrounding her death will be uncovered by the Farlam commission.
The Farlam Commission has begun and so far it has shown that the bodies of miners weren’t limited to a specific spot, but were spread over a vast area.
A judicial inquiry into the shooting of striking Lonmin workers at Marikana concluded an inspection of the hills where the workers were killed.
The commission has shown that the bodies of miners were not limited to a specific spot, as video footage suggested, but were spread over a vast area.
The South African Human Rights Commission says it is obliged to investigate alleged human rights violations, despite Parliament’s disapproval.
George Bizos, who turns 84 in November, has intimate knowledge of the extremes written into the country’s violent past and present.
The assault and unlawful arrest accusations by Marikana miners have been given weight by officers being called to an identity parade.
Is South Africa facing a widespread mining revolution capable of disrupting an industry vital to everything from job creation to foreign exchange?
The NPA is entirely within its right to charge 270 Marikana miners with murder relying on the doctrine of common purpose, writes advocate James Grant.
There is a disjuncture between what platinum mine Lonmin says it is doing in communities and what is experienced by people in Marikana, experts say.
The commission of inquiry’s terms of reference are far-reaching, its deadlines tight and its worth in doubt.