President Zuma says cause of deadly violence at Lonmin will be uncovered


Andiswa Mkosi
18 August 2012

President Jacob Zuma says a commission of inquiry will uncover the real cause of the deadly violence at Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine in North West.

Thirty-four workers were killed on Thursday and 78 wounded when police opened fire on thousands of striking workers who refused to disperse.

Zuma returned from a regional summit in Mozambique yesterday to attend to the tragedy.

He said the shocking deaths were unacceptable in a country with a democracy everyone envies.



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