Marikana Massacre: Lack of accountability for victims is a recurring theme in SA, says Amnesty International

in August 2012, Amnesty International South Africa says a culture of impunity has been allowed to continue in the country, with no one being held accountable for the loss of life.

At least 34 protesting Lonmin mineworkers were gunned down on August 16, 2012, yet there have been no prosecutions. File Picture: Tiro RamatlhatseMohamed said the actions of the police on August 16, 2012 cannot be condoned. Amnesty International South Africa said it has written to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate and the National Prosecuting Authority in the North West, asking for answers as to why there have been no prosecutions, 11 years after the massacre.

She said the Ipid “tried to justify” the delay in justice, by saying that when the Farlam commission of inquiry into the shooting, started in 2012, all Marikana investigations were ordered to stop, and only resumed in 2016.

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