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TimesLive reports that three hundred miners who were injured during the Marikana massacre in 2012 are deciding whether to go ahead with civil actions without the Farlam Commission report, which remains in the hands of President Jacob Zuma.
The miners have a deadline of 15 August to lodge actions because of a three-year statute of limitations in respect of such claims. On Tuesday, Zuma said in Parliament that he would release the report before the end of June after he has applied his mind to ensure the events at Marikana never occurred again. The miners' lawyer, Andries Nkome, said the release date would give them just one month to work on submissions and they needed the report as it would "provide a lot of light and direction". But Professor Peter Jordi, of the Wits Law Clinic, said that civil claims against the police were usually directed at the Minister of Police, and this could be done even without the report, as the information had emerged at the hearing. A spokesman for the Right2Know campaign, Murray Hunter, said the delay of the report had a "real impact" on justice for the miners.
- A short report by Shaun Smillie is at TimesLive
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