Word quickly spread across the sprawling Marikana mine and its adjoining shack lands that South African President Jacob Zuma was finally about to release the findings of a commission of inquiry into the police killing of 34 miners here in August 2012.
Despite a court recommendation that the president give 48 hours' notice so that families and survivors could prepare themselves, Zuma gave just a few hours' warning.
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