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13 October 2020: Major General William Mpembe, a former provincial commissioner in North West, appears in the high court in Mahikeng during his trial over the death of a striking miner who had died in a police van. (Photograph by Paul Botes)
COLLIN MOGALE

Marikana violence was avoidable, Mahikeng court hears

Testimony about the events of 13 August 2012, when five people died at Marikana, has provided new details of the police’s incompetent handling of the striking mineworker situation.

  • Niren Tolsi
9 min read
Questioned: Police videographer Abrahm Masinya. (Photo: Paul Botes)
FARLAM COMMISSION

Marikana murder trial resumes

The eight-year battle for justice played out its next round in the Mahikeng high court this week

  • Sarah Smit
4 min read