South Africa’s government will release the findings of an inquiry into the 2012 deaths of 34 striking miners shot by police before the end of June, President Jacob Zuma told parliament on Tuesday.
The victims’ families, unions and opposition parties have been calling for the release of the probe, set up by Zuma to investigate the events that led to the killing of the miners at Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine on Aug. 16, 2012. Reuters reported.
President Zuma said that he appreciated the anxiety of the affected but it would be inappropriate if he had released the report without applying his mind.
The marikana massare was the deadliest incident in South Africa since the end of the white- minority rule in 1994.
The findings of the massacre were received by the president while judge Ian Farlam was still in office.
Ten other people were also killed in violence relating to the strike, including two police officers who were hacked to death.
The shootings sparked intense public and media criticism, not only of the police but also of mining companies, unions, the ruling African National Congress and Zuma.
