Women protest around the Marikana platinum mines area where over 40 people were killed in a week of labor unrest. The South African government has ordered a commission of inquiry to find out the truth of what happened., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.
Gauteng
Oct 14 2013 7:06AM
Farlam Commission resumes
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The Farlam Commission of Inquiry's hearings into the circumstances surrounding last year's violence and deaths in Marikana resumes on Monday.
The cross-examination of Lt-Col Duncan Scott would continue.
Scott played a pivotal role in drawing up the police' plan during the unrest in Marikana.
While Scott had been tasked with putting the plan together, he told the commission he did not know the details of Standing Order 262. It contains guidelines of how police should perform crowd management during protests and public unrest. He said he received training on an older module.
None of the public order police (POP) were present when his seniors approved the plan. The POP would have been responsible for executing the dispersal plan.
The commission, sitting in Centurion, is investigating the deaths of 44 people during the strike-related unrest. Police shot dead 34 mineworkers on August 16, while 10 people, including two policemen and two security guards, were killed in the preceding week.
President Jacob Zuma had the commission established shortly after the shootings. It first sat last October and, after numerous delays and several extensions, was scheduled to conclude its work at the end of October this year.
-Sapa
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