Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has pressed criminal charges against Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Marikana police station in the North West.
He has also laid charges against former police minister Nathi Mthethwa, Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega, former North
West police commissioner Zukiswa Mbombo and Lonmin for the role they played in the shooting of 34 miners in August 2012.
EFF supporters sang, danced, ululated and whistled to welcome their so-called “commander-in-chief”, forming a guard of honour as the fiery leader of South Africa’s third largest opposition party entered the Marikana police station.
The EFF believes Ramaphosa should be held criminally responsible for the deaths of the mine workers. Ramaphosa held shares in Lonmin and was a non-executive director of the mining company until his appointment as deputy president in 2014.
The Farlam Commission of Inquiry, which was appointed by President Jacob Zuma to probe the labour related violence which claimed a total of 44 lives during August 2012, cleared Ramaphosa and Mthethwa of any wrongdoing.
The Farlam Commission found that Lonmin did not do its best to resolve disputes that arose between itself and its workers.
The commission blamed Phiyega and Mbombo for poor decision making leading up to the tragedy.
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