Family of slain Marikana cop believe wrong man is on trial

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Hendrick Tsietsi Monene was the first of 44 people killed in weeklong violence Marikana, and his family believe the wrong man is being tried for his murder.

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The trial of six people implicated in some of the murders which took place at the Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana on August 13 2012 continued at the high court in North West on Thursday.Maj-Gen William Mpembe, is not the right person to face the charge.

While it is believed that it was miners who attacked the police, ultimately leading to the death of the Monene, a warrant office, and another officer, it is Mpembe who has been charged for killing Monene and his colleague Sello Leepaku, who was hacked to death that day.never give us closure because the people who killed my brother are the ones who should pay, not Mpembe.

This is after it was established that he failed to disclose to the Farlam commission that he had given the order for police to fire teargas and stun grenades into the crowd of protesting miners, sparking the deadly clash between the two sides. The commission had been appointed to probe the days of unrest at the mine which resulted in the deaths of striking mineworkers, security guards and police.

“While it was said that Mpembe may have given wrong instructions, he never gave them [the miners] the authority to kill my brother. So despite all of this, the perpetrators are still going free ... Mpembe wasn’t the killer,”

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