President Jacob Zuma says he will not bow to increasing pressure to release the Marikana report.
Tabling his budget vote in the National Assembly on Tuesday, Zuma said he would only release the report of the Farlam Commission of inquiry, once he had properly applied his mind to it.
He said the report will be released before the end of next month.
Zuma tabled his budget amid a silent but visible protest by MPs from the Economic Freedom Fighters.
They each held up a piece of paper with the words “Release Marikana report” typed in bold red.
President Jacob Zuma has shown contempt for the mineworkers arrested and injured during the Marikana shooting by telling Parliament before responding to them about the release of the inquiry's report, a lawyer for the group said on Tuesday.
"Credit must go to the arrested and injured miners and Amcu that they were able to extract an answer," lawyer Andries Nkome told News24.
The mineworkers had sent a letter of demand to Zuma, insisting that he make the inquiry's report into the shooting dead of 34 mineworkers, public.
They threatened to take the matter to court if Zuma did not respond.
Nkome said if the group put more pressure on the president they might be able to get an actual date for the release out of him.
He said he was waiting for instruction from his clients on the next step.
Earlier on Tuesday, the United Front said it was joining the Marikana Support Campaign, Right2Know Campaign and South African History Archive in their submission of a Promotion of Access to Information Act (Paia) request demanding the release of the report.
In terms of the Paia, the presidency has 30 days to respond to the request that was lodged on May 19.
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