MARIKANA MASSACRE
Zuma still to set date to receive report on Riah Phiyega
The Presidency is yet to set up a meeting with the board that looked into suspended police commissioner Riah Phiyega’s fitness to hold office, despite it concluding its work in November. On Sunday, City Press newspaper reported that the Claassen board of inquiry had found Phiyega was not fit to hold office following her role in the Marikana massacre in 2012 that saw 34 mine workers gunned down by police officers. Phiyega’s attorney Sandile July said he could not comment because her legal team had not seen the board’s report or an official document on Phiyega’s fitness to hold office. "We … don’t know what City Press is talking about, so we can’t comment," said July. President Jacob Zuma established the Claassen board in 2015, following recommendations by Judge Ian Farlam in the Marikana report.
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