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South Africa: Saps Response to the Media Statement Issued By the Marikana Commission On 19 September 2013
Govt of SA, 20 September 2013
The South Africa Police Service (SAPS) has taken note of the media statement issued by the Marikana Commission on 19 September 2013. The SAPS legal team views the statement as both… Read more »
South African Police Suspected of Misleading Marikana Inquiry
The lawyers appointed to lead evidence for the government-appointed commission of inquiry into the killing of South African miners at Marikana in North-West Province last year say an examination of police computers has revealed evidence police said did not exist, other evidence which should have been handed to them and documents which appear to have been constructed and backdated. Police have yet to tell their side of the story.Video
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19 September 2013
Marikana Probe - Police Lied About Shootings
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- Agence France-Presse
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A South African commission of inquiry says police lied about events concerning the shooting dead of 34 striking miners last year, in a damning ... see more »
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South Africa: Cosatu CEC Statement, 19 September 2013
COSATU, 19 September 2013
The Congress of South African Trade Unions held a scheduled meeting of its Central Executive Committee from 16-18 September 2013, at COSATU House, Braamfontein, attended by the… Read more »
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South Africa: There Will Be Blood
SACSIS, 24 September 2013
Nkosinathi Mngomezulu was shot in the stomach on Saturday morning. He was shot at the Marikana land occupation at Stop 1, Cato Crest in Durban during an eviction. He's currently in… Read more »
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South Africa: Police Withheld Evidence of Miners' Killings - Lawyers
SAPA, 19 September 2013
There must be information police have held back in the inquiry into 44 deaths during labour unrest at Marikana last year, the Farlam Commission said on Thursday. Read more »
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South Africa: Marikana - Police Lied, Faked Farlam Commission Evidence
Daily Maverick, 20 September 2013
Once again, the Marikana Commission has adjourned, this time until Wednesday. But it's not because of administrative issues or the issue of the miners' legal fees. In an explosive… Read more »
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South Africa: Investigators - Police Lying About S. African Mine Massacre
VOA, 19 September 2013
South African investigators have accused police of lying about the events surrounding the shooting deaths of 34 striking miners in the town of Marikana last year. Read more »
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South Africa: Marikana Lawyers Suspect Police Manufactured Evidence
The Marikana Commission of Inquiry, 19 September 2013
Over the past ten days the evidence leaders have obtained access to the computer hard drives of members of the South African Police Services (SAPS), and have obtained copies of… Read more »
Police on the scene at Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana in North West Province after the shootings of August 2012 (file photo).
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The ongoing Farlam Commission of inquiry into the deaths of 34 miners at Marikana has heard from one survivor that police officers were lying to the commission about events during ... Read more »
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Deputy police commissioner William Mpembe was questioned at the Farlam Commission of Inquiry on about police plans to manage the Marikana unrest. Police shot dead 34 striking ... Read more »
