Seoka slams Marikana mine owners

by Paul Wilkinson

Posted: 23 Nov 2012 @ 01:05

THE President of the South African Council of Churches, the RtRevd Johannes Seoka, Bishop of Pretoria, attacked both police andmine-owners when he gave evidence to the inquiry investigating theshooting dead of 34 striking miners at the Marikana mine in NorthWest Province last August (News, 24August).

Bishop Seoka told the hearing in Rustenberg that he had beentrying to act as a mediator between miners, police, and the owners,Lonmin, on the day that police fired into a crowd of ...

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