South Africa Begins Inquiry into Mine Deaths

Author:
Al Jazeera English
Publisher:
Al Jazeera English
Publication Date:
1 October 2012
Tags:
South Africa, Legal and Judicial Affairs, Mining, Governance, Human Rights

Six weeks after 34 striking miners were shot dead by police at a mine in South Africa, a Judicial Commission of inquiry has begun. The inquiry will look into events at the Marikana mine and start by focusing on the days leading up to the shooting. Al Jazeera's Tania Page reports.

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