Marikana will always stalk Ramaphosa
By DAVID BRUCE —
The politician remains vulnerable in the quest to hold those responsible to account.
The long-awaited report of the Farlam Commission of Inquiry is now due to be released on June 30, almost three years after the Marikana massacre of August 16 2012.
The commission’s report will hopefully be a substantial step towards creating accountability for the killing at Marikana. But, for a variety of reasons, the challenge of achieving accountability and justice for the massacre will remain one characterised by profound complexity.
One element of this complexity concerns questions about the role of Cyril Ramaphosa. At the time of the massacre, Ramaphosa was not deputy president as he is now. He was a nonexecutive member of the Lonmin board. His company Shanduka was a minority shareholder in Lonmin, and he therefore had a vested interest in the profitability of the Lonmin mines.
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