South Africa: The Closing of the Marikana Commission - the Thin Blue Lie

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As the final days of the Marikana Commission of Inquiry draw to a close, and a disputation of lawyers encapsulate their work over the last two years, GREG MARINOVICH reports on what has changed from 2012 until now.

Actually, the collective noun is an eloquence of lawyers - my mistake in that previous sentence. Lawyers, and especially advocates, certainly are persuasively spoken. For two years, we have been treated to their command of the language of the law, and their wit.

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