Govt has not paid several Marikana related claims: Mpofu

The legal representative of the widows of the slain Marikana miners, Advocate Dali Mpofu, says government has not paid several claims related to the massacre.

This follows the Justice Minister Thembi Nkadimeng’s statement that more than R350-million has been paid out in claims related to the Marikana Massacre.

Marikana Massacre | 12 years on, no one has been held criminally accountable for the mass slaughter:

Twelve years ago, police gunned down 34 mineworkers who had been on an unprotected strike to demand a R12 500 salary.

Ten other people were killed before the massacre.

Mpofu says the situation is worrying. “With regards to our case against government, they said today in parliament that they paid 300 million. It’s still the same 300 million they spoke about last year.”

But government itself still has 10 outstanding cases they haven’t compensated. Then the cases that are bothering us the most is the Sibanye and the Ramaphosa cases. Both Ramaphosa and Sibanye are delaying, the reason Ramaphosa doesn’t come here is because he lied when he made that promise. No one has restricted him from coming here,” he adds.