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After nearly two years, the Farlam Commission of Inquiry into the devastating killings during a platinum mine strike in South Africa, is finally drawing to a close. South African President Jacob Zuma had set up the commission of inquiry just days after the Marikana Massacre on the 16th of August 2012. Thirty four people – mostly mine workers – had been gunned down by police in a matter of seconds during a tense stand-off between police and heavily-armed strikers.