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Phiyega to respond to Marikana findings next month─── 09:47 Fri, 26 Jun 2015
Johannesburg - National police commissioner Riah Phiyega has received a letter from President Jacob Zuma informing her of the outcomes of the Marikana Commission of Inquiry.
Zuma released the commission's 600-page findings on Thursday night, in which Phiyega bore the brunt of the blame.
The commission also recommended that there must be an inquiry into the fitness to hold office of the national police commissioner as well as the North West provincial commissioner.
The commission, which was headed by retired judge Ian Farlam, had been tasked to investigate the deaths of 44 people killed during strike-related unrest at Lonmin's platinum mine in Marikana, Rustenburg in August 2012.
During an attempt to disperse the strikers, police shot and killed 34 striking mineworkers on August 16 2012 while 10 people, including two police officers, were killed in the preceding week.
National police spokesperson, Solomon Makgale, says Phiyega will respond to the findings next month.
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