POLICE Minister Nathi Nhleko has launched a task team that will look into ways of improving various operations of the South African Police Service (SAPS).The Ministerial Transformation Task Team Nhleko launched in Pretoria on Monday by Nhleko and his deputy‚ Maggie Sotyu‚ follows recommendations of the Farlam commission report.Chaired by retired Judge Ian Farlam‚ the commission probed the killing of 44 people at Marikana in August 2012‚ 34 of whom were mineworkers shot dead by police on August 16.READ THIS: LAW MATTERS: Lest we forget — there’s still no accountability on MarikanaThe Marikana massacre was a seismic event — a watershed moment in SA’s history, yet not one person has been prosecuted or even fired for it, writes Franny RabkinThe shootings followed a wage strike lasting several days by mineworkers employed at Lonmin’s platinum mine. Farlarm released his report in 2015.In it‚ he recommended measures the government should implement to avoid a repeat of a similar massacre.T...
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