The Presidency on Friday reacted to complaints from some of the representatives of the injured and arrested persons and of the families of those who died in Marikana about the early release of the report.
These representatives had said they needed more time to prepare for the report’s release.
"The president had finalised the consideration of the report and he is of the view that he did not want to further delay its release given the recent urgent application and the various requests for the report to be released‚" said the Director-General in the Presidency‚ Dr Cassius Lubisi.
"In addition‚ the majority of the applicants in court wanted the report to be released immediately. Waiting two days after completing his process for the sake of a few would be unfair to the majority in the country who wanted it to be released immediately."
President Jacob Zuma had announced that he would release the report before the end of June.
President did not want to further delay Marikana report's release
These representatives had said they needed more time to prepare for the report’s release.
"The president had finalised the consideration of the report and he is of the view that he did not want to further delay its release given the recent urgent application and the various requests for the report to be released‚" said the Director-General in the Presidency‚ Dr Cassius Lubisi.
"In addition‚ the majority of the applicants in court wanted the report to be released immediately. Waiting two days after completing his process for the sake of a few would be unfair to the majority in the country who wanted it to be released immediately."
President Jacob Zuma had announced that he would release the report before the end of June.
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