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Franny Rabkin writes that on Tuesday it is four years since the Marikana massacre and yet not one person has been prosecuted or even fired for it.
When it happened, the nation was stunned: 34 people shot by the police force; 10 more killed in the days leading up to the massacre; yet more deaths in its aftermath. Details emerged of people shot at point-blank range and people found dead with their hands tied behind their backs. And yet nothing to speak of has happened. The special task team — a recommendation of the Marikana commission of inquiry — to undertake further investigations for the purposes of prosecutions is "still investigating", says the National Prosecuting Authority. The report of the Claassen board of inquiry looking into whether Riah Phiyega is fit to be national police commissioner is still awaited. Negotiations for the settlement of civil claims are ongoing; but the families are yet to see a cent. Meantime, Marikana has simply fallen off the South African agenda.
- Read this article in full BDLive
- Read too, ‘Remembering the Marikana massacre is critical’, at IOL News
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