Marikana Solidarity Campaign set to lobby

Imogen Vollenhoven
28 July 2013

The Marikana Solidarity Campaign said the integrity of the Marikana Commission of Inquiry is once again at stake. 

Spokesperson for the Marikana Solidarity Campaign Rehad Desai said they intend to lobby, advocate and to mobilize support for all efforts to get the state to abide by its constitutional obligations and fund the lawyers representing the families of the miners.

The commission is set to continue for another four months this is three times longer than planned. 

Desai said that these miners are facing serious public disorder charges and murder charges and the commission is supposed to uncover the truth about what actually happened.

He added that they are meant to have a restorative function, which means that justice to seen to be done in order to bring some stability to the country.

“Particularly those communities and the mineworkers but this is really adding fuel to fire, a fire which is burning around the living wage demand and these terrible living conditions,” said Desai.