A North West regional organiser of trade union Amcu was shot dead in Rustenburg on Saturday, police said. Brigadier Thulani Ngubane said that the 46-year-old man was killed at Billy's Tavern, near Anglo Platinum's Khomanani mine shaft two, just before 1pm. "...The deceased, who is alleged to be the regional organiser of Amcu in the Rustenburg platinum belt, was watching soccer and having a good time with his friends in the local tavern."...[T]he man...had been expected to testify before the Marikana Commission of Inquiry...investigating the deaths of 44 people killed in violence related to a strike at Lonmin's Marikana mine in August last year.