The judicial inquiry into the shooting at Lonmin’s Marikana mine will begin in Rustenburg in the North West on Monday.
The commission of inquiry would start with public hearings at 9am at the town’s civic centre.
On Monday, all parties involved would go to the area where 34 striking workers of the Lonmin Platinum mine in Marikana were shot dead by police on August 16.
The commission’s secretary said people would be allowed to point out places which they considered relevant to the inquiry. The descriptions of what happened at the site would be recorded.
Following the in loco inspection, formal sittings of the commission were expected to start at the civic centre on Wednesday.
In August, President Jacob Zuma announced a three-member judicial commission of inquiry to probe the mine violence.
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The commission, chaired by retired Judge Ian Farlam, has been mandated to determine the roles played by Lonmin, the police, the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union, and the National Union of Mineworkers.
It will also determine the role played by the department of mineral resources or any other government department or agency, and the conduct of individuals and groupings in promoting a situation of conflict and confrontation which could have given rise to the shootings. – Sapa