President Jacob Zuma will release the report of the Marikana Commission of Inquiry tonight‚ during a national television broadcast.
The speech will be broadcast on SABC at 7pm‚ his office said in a statement.
Zuma had appointed the commission of inquiry‚ chaired by retired judge Ian Farlam‚ to investigate the violent labour protests at the Lonmin mine in Marikana‚ near Rustenburg‚ between 11 to 16 August 2012‚ during which 44 people lost their lives and many others were injured.
Earlier this week‚ Zuma controversially appeared to have defended police who shot dead 34 of the strikers at Marikana‚ suggesting their action was aimed at protecting lives.
"Those people in Marikana had killed people‚ and the police were stopping them from killing people‚" Zuma said in an audio clip of a speech recorded by Eyewitness News.
President Zuma to release the Marikana report tonight
President Jacob Zuma will release the report of the Marikana Commission of Inquiry tonight‚ during a national television broadcast.
The speech will be broadcast on SABC at 7pm‚ his office said in a statement.
Zuma had appointed the commission of inquiry‚ chaired by retired judge Ian Farlam‚ to investigate the violent labour protests at the Lonmin mine in Marikana‚ near Rustenburg‚ between 11 to 16 August 2012‚ during which 44 people lost their lives and many others were injured.
Earlier this week‚ Zuma controversially appeared to have defended police who shot dead 34 of the strikers at Marikana‚ suggesting their action was aimed at protecting lives.
"Those people in Marikana had killed people‚ and the police were stopping them from killing people‚" Zuma said in an audio clip of a speech recorded by Eyewitness News.
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