Major-General Charl Annandale will be in the witness stand for a third consecutive week at the Marikana Commission of Inquiry in Rustenburg in the North West on Monday. 

Advocate George Bizos for the legal resource centre will continue to cross-examine Annandale.  Last week Bizos asked why Annandale did not accept personal responsibility for what had happened at the Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana on August the 16th last year. 

However, Advocate for the police Ismael Semenya objected to the question. Bizos is also expected to ask Annandale about what he termed the side-lining of the overall commander Major General William Mpembe. 

Bizos found it strange that Mpembe left in a police helicopter as soon as he heard that a shooting incident had taken place at Wonderkop. He had also argued last weeek that the police had limited resources during the August 16 shootings, leading to their plan resulting into a disaster.

Last week, the commission also heard that the police had experienced problems with their radio communication network. Annandale explained that only one radio channel was available to the police and that the analog system they used only allowed for one person to communicate at a time.

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