adminnumber of issues relevant to the deliberations of the inquiry on which I may be able to make a contribution.”
Ramaphosa’s role in the events leading up to the shooting of 34 striking Lonmin mine workers on August 16 was discussed during the commission’s hearings this week.
Advocate Dali Mpofu, representing the miners injured and arrested after the shooting, mentioned an e-mail in which Ramaphosa strongly condemned the protests, described them as criminal acts, and suggested “concomitant action”.
Mpofu said there were e-mails sent between Lonmin management, government ministers and Ramaphosa.
The commission’s brief is to investigate the shooting that left 34 miners dead when police tried to disperse them on August 16.
The workers, who wanted monthly salaries of R12 500, had been carrying knobkerries, pangas, sticks, and iron rods. — Sapa.
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