South Africa Mourns Victims of Mine Carnage

Author:
Al Jazeera English
Publisher:
Al Jazeera English
Publication Date:
23 August 2012
Tags:
South Africa, Mining, Labour, Legal and Judicial Affairs, Governance

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has outlined the details of a commission being set up to investigate last week's violence at a platinum mine that left 44 people dead. Nationwide memorial services have meanwhile been held for those killed. Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa reports from Marikana.

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