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1 Apr 2015

Author:
Setumo Stone, Business Day (So. Africa)

Marikana Commission submits report on mine killings to So. African president

'Marikana report handed to Zuma', 1 Apr 2015: Close to three years after the Marikana massacre, the report by the commission of inquiry into the event has been completed and handed to President Jacob Zuma. An illegal strike at Lonmin that turned violent, resulting in the deaths of 44 people in a week, including 34 workers shot by police, was a turning point in labour relations in SA. The workers…[were] demand[ing]…a basic salary of R12,500 [1055 USD] at mines in the area…Civil society groups…[have] urged...[President] Zuma to release the report as soon as possible…The report is expected to clarify the roles of all the parties involved in the massacre and who should be held accountable for the killings… 

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