Marikana Support Campaign dismayed con court ruling

Imogen Vollenhoven
20 August 2013

The Marikana Support Campaign today said the Constitutional Court judgment on Monday regarding funding for the legal team representing the 270 injured and arrested mineworkers is an insult to the workers. 

The Campaign’s Trevor Ngwane said the mineworkers were not given an opportunity to state their case which was not fair. 

Ngwane said the Con court judgment is an insult and a slap in the face for the workers of Marikana, the workers of South Africa and also that of the world.

“It dismissed the case of the workers without letting them speak and it was dismissed based on a technicality,” added Ngwane.

He furthermore added that the constitutional court refused to address the issue of workers being mowed down by police bullets and also their rights to equal representation in a court of law.

He continues by saying that this is a sad moment for South Africa and it exposes the true nature of the democracy.