Ramaphosa to testify at Farlam Commission of Inquiry

01 Feb 2016 | Admin Author

ANC heavyweight and businessman Cyril Ramaphosa has offered to testify at the Farlam Commission of Inquiry in Marikana.

He says he believes there are a number of issues relevant to the deliberations of the inquiry on which he may be able to make a contribution.

Ramaphosa's role in the events leading up to the shooting of 34 striking Lonmin mineworkers on August 16, was discussed during the commission's hearings last week.

Advocate Dali Mpofu, representing the miners who were injured and arrested after the shooting, mentioned an e-mail in which Ramaphosa strongly condemned the protests, describing them as criminal acts.

Mpofu says there were e-mails sent between Lonmin management, government ministers and Ramaphosa.