Pretoria – Miners wounded and arrested during the Marikana unrest were elated about being represented again at the Farlam Commission of Inquiry, Dali Mpofu SC, said on Tuesday.

Mpofu, who represents the miners, said the ruling by the High Court in Johannesburg on Monday compelling Legal Aid SA to pay the legal costs of survivors of the Marikana shooting was a great reprieve.

“The clients are excited. As their lawyers, we are relieved. We have subsequently learnt now that Legal Aid has made an undertaking to provide the necessary legal funding. Indications are that we are back permanently,” he said.
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