The Farlam Commission of Inquiry is set to investigate the events that led to the killings in Marikana, in August (SABC)
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Lonmin employees are willing to co-operate with the Farlam Commission of Inquiry on the Marikana killings, which commences tomorrow.
Workers downed tools briefly over the past week in protest against the arrest of four leaders, who are facing murder charges.
They claim that their leaders were arrested because they have information on what led to the killing of 34 miners at Marikana, on 16 August.
They accuse Lonmin Platinum mine of allowing the police to arrest their colleagues inside the mine premises.
One of the workers' leaders, Molefi Phele says they want to see the cause of their colleagues' deaths unearthed.
“We are willing to work with the honourable Zuma's commission, so we can find out why we were killed,” says Phele.
Residents of the Nkaneng Informal Settlement and Wonderkop say they have been living in fear, as more people were killed just before the commission began its inquiry two weeks ago.
The local pastor, Sakhumzi Qiqimana, says the Marikana communities are not used to this kind of situation.
“We hear of people drinking, getting into trouble and getting killed but the recent killings are strange to us. They started just after the strike,” says Qiqimana.
