Questions on whether the state had done enough to acknowledge its central role and make amends to better the lives of the victims of the Marikana massacre continued to take centre-stage on Monday as the country marked nine years since the tragedy.
Mpofu said some of the miners had set aside R1m of the money they had received as compensation for the lawsuit.
“I have spoken to all the legal teams. We have now asked the deputy judge president to set down the case against Mr Ramaphosa and Sibanye and we expect it might be today or in the next few days to get a response as to when that case will happen. It will be in that case that we will not only be simply asking for money but also what I call a non-pecuniary compensation in the form of apologies and undertakings that this will never happen again,” Mpofu said.
Mosikili said while the project had continued to eSwatini, houses were yet to be built for Lesotho victims due to Covid-19 restrictions.
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