There is a documented history in South Africa, of police brutality. The apartheid regime was known for the atrocities which it committed against the people of this land. The Sharpeville massacre and the June 16 uprising are two examples of what the Police in South Africa were capable of when challenged by ordinary citizens. Many people were hopeful that with the end of the apartheid system, the Police would have done what is expected of them, which, of course, is to protect innocent civilians.

The ANC-led government rose to power raising the hopes of many South Africans, the people of South Africa believed that their lives would improve and they would not see a repeat of the Sharpeville massacre of June 16, 1976, uprising in Soweto. Many people reacted with shock as they witnessed the events of the August 16th, 2012 which is the now infamous Marikana Massacre that took place when the workers at a mine situated in Marikana decided to embark on industrial action, without knowing the fate they would suffer that day. The men who lost their lives could not have predicted that they would have been killed by the Police
that were supposed to have maintained order.

The President decided to initiate a Commission of Inquiry which was led by Judge Ian Farlam with the aim of establishing what happened at Marikana. The loss of lives of 34 miners at Marikana and another 10 could not go unaccounted for. It was important to establish how that a peaceful strike protest embarked by the Mineworkers could result in such a violent loss of life.

We are now in July of 2015 and a 600-page report has been compiled with its findings implicating the Police. The Police Commissioner, Riah Phiyega has been ordered by the President to respond to the findings of the Farlam Commission no later than July 31st, 2015. One of the recommendations made by the Commission is that an Inquiry should be held into the fitness of the National and Provincial Commissioners to hold office.

It has been just 21 years since the birth of the new democracy that South Africa now enjoys and it will be interesting to see just how the government will respond to the atrocities committed at Marikana. The government has always wanted to be seen as one that respects human rights, but with its image that has been dented by the incidents of August 16th, 2012 at the Lonmin Mine at Marikana, a lot of hard work is needed to win back the trust and confidence of the citizens of South Africa. The families who lost their loved ones on the day of the massacre will want to know how to move on after suffering such trauma.

Source: The FCT Post - http://www.fctpost.com/2015/07/05/warning-graphic-the-marikana-killings-history-repeating-itself/

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We have our own madness here too...

South Africans are blood thirsty zombies. They cannot look at a white man in the eye but can knife a fellow black man to death.

This time I bet u no body is gonna come to ur aid knowing fully well how u pay back those that fought for u during the apathide era.

So go on kill urselves nobody cares u frigging blood thirsty zombies