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News24 Wire reports that graphic footage of the bloodied bodies of two police officers and three striking miners, captured by a now retired policeman, were played out in the North West High Court in Mahikeng.
The scene was recorded at Lonmin Mine’s K3 shaft on 13 August 2012, three days before the infamous Marikana massacre. The deceased were later identified as Semi Jokansi, Phumzile Sokhanyile, Thembelakhe Mati, Hendrick Monene and Sello Lepaaku. Among those shown in the video is Mgcineni Noki, popularly known as Mambush, verbally engaging with the police, led by former North West police commissioner Major-General William Mpembe. Mpembe is seen pleading with the miners to surrender their weapons and vacate the place. The miners are eventually seen walking away, while singing and wielding their weapons. Later in the video, three miners and two police officers are, separately, seen lying motionless. An injured miner is seen being attended to by medics. Mpembe faces four counts of murder and five charges of attempted murder. He and former colleague Salmon Vermaak each face a charge of defeating the ends of justice and another of giving false information under oath before the Farlam Commission of Inquiry into the Marikana massacre. Vermaak and four other policemen face a charge of killing Sokhanyile.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard at The Citizen
Read too, At Marikana trial, CCTV operator describes scenes where five people were allegedly killed, at News24
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