Police bosses should have learnt from the Marikana massacre, but in the 10 years since, the cop service has been plagued by successive scandals involving claims of corrupt leaders and criminality.
‘Integrity is fundamental to what we do. We cannot fight crime when our organisation has within its ranks people who do not respect the law. Crime must be fought with clean hands…
“Another area that I wish to highlight is that of discipline, which is the cornerstone of policing. Without it, there can be no effective policing. This means that each and every officer, from the highest to the lowest rank, must deliver. I will make sure that this happens during my tenure.”in the South African Police Service 2012/13 annual report.
They turned out to be rather hollow because Phiyega’s tenure was cut short and continuous claims of corruption have sullied the police service.‘It should never have happened’ Phiyega was heading the country’s police on 16 August 2012 when cops killed 34 mine workers in Marikana, North West – one of the worst and most lethal acts attributed to police officers in democratic South Africa.In 2022, referring to a court ruling relating to Marikana, the Presidency said: “Ten years later our hearts still go out to families who lost their loved ones.
On the day of the mass tragedy, 17 strikers were killed at one scene, while another 17 were killed at a second scene where cops were unaware that other cops were approaching from the opposite side – they did not know gunfire coming towards them was likely from their colleagues.Following the massacre, then president Jacob Zuma appointed a commission of inquiry, known as the Farlam Commission as it was chaired by retired judge Ian Farlam, to analyse events that led up to it.
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