A moment of silence was observed for former Chief Justice Pius Langa at the Farlam Commission of Inquiry on Thursday.
The commission’s chair, retired judge Ian Farlam, said Langa had made an important contribution to the justice system.

Langa (74) died at Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg on Wednesday morning following a lengthy illness.

The commission, sitting in Centurion, Pretoria, is investigating the deaths of 44 people during strike-related unrest at Lonmin’s platinum mine in Marikana, North West, in August 2012.

Police shot dead 34 striking mineworkers on August 16, while 10 people, including two police officers, were killed in the preceding week.

Meanwhile, the commission has been postponed once again in Centurion, south of Pretoria. It has been interrupted several times after lawyers for the mineworkers advocate Dali Mpofu, temporarily withdrew from the commission. His application for the State to pay the legal costs of his clients was dismissed last week by the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria last week.

The commission has been postponed until Monday to see what the outcomes will be to get an interim funding for the lawyers representing the mineworkers.

The Legal Resource Centre says it is concerned about maintaining public confidence in the credibility of the Marikana Commission of Inquiry.
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