South Africa to release 'Marikana massacre' probe next month


  • World
  • Tuesday, 26 May 2015

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's government will release the findings of an inquiry into the 2012 deaths of 34 striking miners shot by police before the end of June, President Jacob Zuma told parliament on Tuesday.

The victims' families, unions and opposition parties have been calling for the release of the probe, set up by Zuma to investigate the events that led to the killing of the miners at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine on Aug. 16, 2012.

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