South African Commission Investigates Lonmin Protest Deaths

Author:
AlJazeera English
Publisher:
AlJazeera English
Publication Date:
30 October 2012
Tags:
South Africa, Legal and Judicial Affairs, Mining

A judicial commission in South Africa is investigating the killing of 44 people during a protest at Lonmin mine in August. But workers at the world's top platinum producer say police are putting them in jail to prevent them from testifying. Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa reports from the platinum mining heartland of Marikana.

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