Two years on, the families of the Marikana victims are still waiting to hear who killed their loved ones, what exactly happened, and why.

The deputy president’s grilling about the part he played in the Lonmin tragedy was interrupted by a crowd calling him a bloody-handed killer.

A miner turned police witness, testifying about the actions of the miners in the lead up to the Marikana massacre, says he was not a police informer.

Accusations Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa faces at the Farlam commission are unlikely to affect his political career and presidential aspirations.

A Lonmin security officer has told the Farlam commission that security forces had been frustrated by the lack of police ahead of the Marikana strike.

Had the Lonmin security guards observed a radio security warning they might never have confronted the enraged miners and suffered fatalities.

A miner who is testifying at the Marikana commission says both the police and mining company Lonmin were innocent in the events at Marikana in 2012.

The police’s key witness refused to answer further questions after the miners’ advocate brought his mental and emotional state into question.

Mr X on Thursday apologised to the families of the people he claims he had a hand in killing in the days leading up to the Marikana massacre.

It was 1988, Salman Rushdie had been ‘disinvited’ from the Weekly Mail Book Week and SA literature ­giants were at loggerheads, recalls Anton Harber.

While accepting responsibility for police operations on August 16 2012, the former police minister pointed out he wasn’t personally to blame.

The Marikana Commission has once again adjourned before hearing the end of Mr X’s testimony.

Mr X became visibly agitated on Tuesday as an evidence leader accused him of lying to the Marikana commission.

Mr X, testifying at the Marikana Commission, claims that Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa told some strikers to kill NUM president Senzeni Zokwana.

Stabbing, hacking, shooting and burning were "necessary" to make miners aware of the strike.

Mr X, a miner under police protection, has testified about removing "pieces of flesh" from a murdered security guard to make their muti stronger.

The police are hoping his statement will show that the Marikana miners were planning violence on the day 34 were killed in August 2012.

Head commissioner Ian Farlam has granted the SAPS a postponement for Mr X’s testimony to be heard on June 19 rather than June 9.

The police have applied to the Marikana commission to hear Mr X’s evidence 10 days later than planned because they need more time to prepare him.

A member of Lonmin management has faced strong criticism for not being willing to negotiate directly with the miners during their strike.