Mining is not what it once was. It’s time to look elsewhere for income that does not exploit.
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The Claassen inquiry failed to adequately cross-examine the suspended police commissioner, victims’ representatives argue.
Six months into negotiations with government, the Marikana victims are frustrated at lack of progress and feel that government tries to divide them.
What was said by witnesses appears to suggest it will be difficult to prove her complicity in the Marikana massacre.
Evidence at the Claassen inquiry into the police commissioner’s fitness to hold office reveals that she secretly sought to undermine the Farlam probe.
The Claassen inquiry regarding suspended police commissioner Riah Phiyega’s fitness for office continued in Pretoria on Wednesday.
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A book by Greg Marinovich highlights the exploitation that led to the Marikana tragedy, writes David Bruce.
Senior police officials may have defeated the ends of justice, but no one will face murder charges for the miners’ deaths at Marikana.
The state wants government to accept liability in respect of legitimate claims and have claimants agree to an expedited adjudicative process.
It’s clear the SABC will not broadcast Rehad Desai’s Emmy award-winning documentary on Marikana, Miners Shot Down, because it makes the ANC look bad.
The reporting of the Marikana massacre was characterised by embedded journalism, sensationalism and polarisation of views.
David Smith reflects on a Machiavellian Jacob Zuma, a warped Robert Mugabe, and the people of South Africa and the continent who won his admiration.
A board of inquiry into Riah Phiyega’s fitness to hold office has been set up, President Jacob Zuma announced on Tuesday.
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The Mail & Guardian recounts events in the days leading up to the Marikana massacre, as recorded by the Farlam commission of inquiry.
As police minister he provided the political guidance that framed the SAPS’s actions.
It’s been a grim few weeks of mounting evidence of this impunity Zuma believes he is entitled to, while evidence is not suffered to stand in his way.
The Farlam commission inquiry should have found that a gross failure of leadership caused the Marikana massacre.
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