President Jacob Zuma has shown little sympathy for the victims and relatives of the Marikana massacre after he announced that the slain and wounded miners had themselves been killers.<\/p>\n
The Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) south campus hall was packed to listen to Zuma\u2019s address on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Some said the president had contravened presidential decorum by addressing the students on the deaths of the miners while families were still waiting for the Farlam Commission\u2019s report into the Marikana massacre.<\/p>\n
Zuma stunned his audience when he said the striking miners had been killers before they were shot on August 16, 2012, referring to the killing of 10 people ahead of the massacre.<\/p>\n
He said the police had been forced to stop the violence that had been prevailing at the time.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven the Marikana miners were shot after killing people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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