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Lawyers for families of miners killed in Marikana, North West, last year, have provisionally pulled out of the Farlam Commission of Inquiry's proceedings.
Nicole Lewis, who represents the families at the commission, says the families were acting in solidarity with the group of mineworkers who were wounded and arrested on August 16.
She says her clients are concerned about the absence of the families of those miners and their families who were wounded in the shooting.
On Monday, lawyer Dali Mpofu, announced the decision to withdraw from the Commission, pending a Pretoria High Court ruling on his application for the State to fund the legal team.