Solicitor-general Fhedzisani Pandelani says the litigation between the state and victims of the Marikana massacre will be finalised by the end of the month.
Pandelani was commenting during a progress report on Wednesday at the Ronnie Mamoepa Media Centre in Pretoria.
He said this matter has resulted in the creation of five new policies which will ensure no future state litigation would take so long. He said the matters are before the court because the parties can’t agree on the costs. Pandelani said there is no dispute about the causation and merits before court. All 48 cases are eligible for some sort of settlement.
“The state considered all special damages are payable, but general damages is where the issue is. What is the extent of pain and suffering? This is best left to the experts, which can be actuarial issues or medico-legal issues and so on.”“I’m comfortable justice has been done,”He stressed the matter was dealing only with cases against the state. He said there were other claims, some against the mine and some against the president, and he could not speak about those.
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