Victims’ families accuse Cyril Ramaphosa of encouraging police to utilize excessive force,and are seeking up to £46m in compensationSouth Africa’s deputy president is being sued by the families of miners shot dead in the Marikana massacre in August 2012.
Cyril Ramaphosa said this week that he had received a court summons relating to his alleged role in the deaths of 34 striking mineworkers. “A summons has been issued against me in my personal capacity and two other parties arising from the events of Marikana,” he said in parliament.
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Source: theguardian.com