Marikana massacre: EFF vows to explore private prosecutions
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has called on the National Prosecuting Authority to provide an update on the criminal prosecutions related to the Marikana massacre.
If no progress has been made, the EFF has vowed to institute private prosecutions against those responsible for the killing of the striking miners.
Monday marks exactly nine years since the killing of 34 mineworkers by police at the Lonmin platinum mine in Limpopo.
“We will also legally challenge the SAPS and National Prosecutions Authority to update us on the criminal prosecutions of those who killed and were behind the killing of workers in Marikana,” the EFF said in a statement.
“The NPA must issue a certificate of non-prosecution, and we as the EFF will explore the possibility of private prosecutions and are convinced that we will find justice.”
EFF STATEMENT ON THE 9TH ANNIVERSARY OF MARIKANA MASSACRE pic.twitter.com/g5hjMjlCZK
— Economic Freedom Fighters (@EFFSouthAfrica) August 16, 2021
