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.
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