THE Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) wants President Cyril Ramaphosa to be prosecuted for the alleged role he played in the Marikana massacre.
This is despite the Farlam Commissions of inquiry, which investigated the tragedy, largely exonerated Ramaphosa from any wrongdoing.
At the time of the incident in 2012, Ramaphosa was a non-executive director of Lonmin, the company which was involved in the labour dispute with workers and called for concomitant action against the strikers.
EFF leader, Julius Malema said that if NPA is unable to prosecute Ramaphosa, they must issue a non-prosecuting letter so that the EFF can prosecute him privately.
In a statement the EFF said that guilty people should be held accountable.
“Whilst we salute the fallen heroes of Marikana, we are concerned that 9 years later, there is still no justice, not even a single police officer of authority has been held accountable for the murder of
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