Police Come Under Fire at the Lonmin Inquiry

As the Farlam Commission of Inquiry into the shootings at Marikana gets under way, questions have been raised about police planning before a shooting that left 34 striking miners dead. The Commission also heard that police should have handled the negotiations with striking mineworkers in a different way so as to ensure a more favourable outcome. The Inquiry is expected to wrap up in May.

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  • South Africa:  Marikana Crowd Control Queried

    South African Press Association, 22 January 2013

    Questions were asked on Tuesday about police planning before a shooting that left 34 striking miners dead in Marikana, North West. read more »

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  • South Africa:  Lack of Marikana Evidence - Inquiry

    South African Press Association, 21 January 2013

    There has been a disturbing absence of evidence on the Marikana shootings, the Farlam Commission of Inquiry heard in Rustenburg on Monday. read more »

Photo: Gado/RNW

Satirical cartoonist Gado's take on the choices that South African miners have - after the Marikana shootings..

  • South Africa:  Marikana Inquiry to Be Extended Until June

    South African Press Association, 9 January 2013

    The government-appointed Commission of Inquiry into the dozens of deaths at the Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana, northern South Africa, will likely only present its final report ... read more »

  • South Africa:  Police Tied Hands of Marikana Wounded

    South African Press Association, 14 November 2012

    Police tied the hands of some wounded protesters after the shooting that left 34 miners dead near Marikana, North West, on August 16, a senior officer said on Wednesday. read more »

Photo: SAPA stringer

Armoured police nyalas patrol Nkaneng informal settlement near Lonmin's Marikana mine in the North West on Sunday, 16 September 2012.

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