Monday, August 20, 2012

A week of national mourning

Florentia Roman

20 August 2012

President Jacob Zuma has announced a week of national mourning for the Marikana tragedy.

Flags will be lowered to half-mast from today and an official day for nationwide memorial services will be held on Thursday.

In another development, Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane will lead an inter-ministerial committee following the killing of 44 people over the past 10 days at the Lonmin mine in North West.

Conflict resolution specialist in the mining industry Chris Jacobs said a lot needs to be to be able to move forward.

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