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Former SAA board chairperson Dudu Myeni. (Deon Raath/Rapport/Gallo Images)
DUDU MYENI

‘Myeni obstructed the work of the Zondo commission’ — Hofmeyer

Advocate Kate Hofmeyr submitted that deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo should direct the secretary of the commission to lay a charge against Dudi Myeni for revealing the…

  • Sarah Smit
3 min read
FARLAM COMMISSION

Marikana families gain closure from the ‘X files’

The testimony of Mr X has dealt with the 10 killings leading up to the Marikana massacre of 34 miners. The M&G spoke to their families this week.

  • Gabi Falanga
5 min read
AMCU

Miner implicated by Mr X in cops’ deaths found murdered

A miner implicated by Mr X’s testimony as one of those responsible for the death of police officers and security guards, has been killed.

  • Gabi Falanga
3 min read
Mr X has maintained that the miners should carry the blame
DALI MPOFU

Marikana: Mr X insists SAPS, Lonmin are innocent

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.

  • Gabi Falanga
2 min read
FARLAM COMMISSION

Marikana hearing stalls as Mr X accuses Mpofu of disrespect

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

  • Gabi Falanga
5 min read
The Farlam commission has been postponed until next week to study information police have held back in the inquiry into 44 deaths at Marikana.
FARLAM COMMISSION

Marikana: Mr X converts to Christianity

The Farlam commission has heard that police witness Mr X would be discarding muti, to follow the prescripts of Christianity.

  • Jonisayi Maromo
3 min read
Officials were struggling to cope with the scale of death and destruction
FARLAM COMMISSION

Marikana: Mr X apologises to families of victims

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.

  • Gabi Falanga
3 min read
Judge Ian Farlam agreed to postpone the rest of Mr X’s testimony hearing.
FARLAM COMMISSION

Farlam: Mr X testimony adjourned for family death

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

  • Gabi Falanga
3 min read
Geoff Budlender has disputed testimony given by Mr X at the Marikana commission of inquiry.
GABI FALANGA

Marikana’s Mr X called a liar

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

  • Gabi Falanga
5 min read
Isaiah Twala was killed on August 14 2012 by strikers who had undergone rituals who accused him of being a NUM spy
FARLAM COMMISSION

Mr X: Amcu’s Mathunjwa told us to kill NUM boss

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

  • Gabi Falanga
3 min read
Mr X testified that Lonmin mineworkers who had taken part in an inyanga’s rituals to protect them from harm had been told to ‘go and kill the people who are going to work; they should join the strike’.
FARLAM COMMISSION

Mr X’s gory Marikana testimony draws tears

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

  • Gabi Falanga
6 min read
Concern has been voiced that the commission will no longer be able to piece together a complete picture of the tragedy.
FARLAM COMMISSION

Farlam: Anguish as Mr X tells how workers, cops were killed

The Marikana Commission was the stage for more scenes of anguish on Tuesday as the testimony of Mr X continued.

  • Gabi Falanga
6 min read