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A Rustenburg POP commander says he took a step back from handling the situation at Lonmin K3 shaft in Marikana.
The officer is testifying in the murder trial of Major-General William Mpembe and five other officers.
He will continue his testimony on Wednesday.
A Public Order Policing (POP) commander testified in the North West High Court in Mahikeng that he took a step back as operational commander at Lonmin K3 shaft in Marikana on 13 August 2012.
The officer told the court he did so because his senior, former provincial deputy police commissioner, Major-General William Mpembe, asked him to step back. Mpembe then proceeded to take the lead.
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A police officer is on his fifth day of cross-examination in the murder trial of former North West deputy police commissioner William Mpembe and five other officers.
The officers are on trial for murder and attempted murder following events on 13 August 2012 in Marikana.
Defence lawyer are comparing the sequence of events he had given in a witness statement, to evidence he gave in court.
The murder trial of former North West deputy police commissioner Major General William Mpembe and his five co-accused continued in the North West High Court in Mahikeng on Monday when defence advocate Kobus Burger continued with his cross-examination of Sergeant Benjamin Mahume.
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Former North West deputy police commissioner William Mpembe is charged with murder and attempted murder following events that happened at Lonmin K3 shaft in Marikana on 13 August, three days before the massacre.
Five people were killed after a stand-off between police officers and striking miners.
The trial is expected to continue until 28 May.
Could it be that tear gas and stun grenades fired by the police at striking Marikana miners on 13 August 2012 caused the chaos that resulted in deaths and injuries, or did the police act because they were being attacked?
These are some of the questions the North West High Court may be confronted with as the trial against former provincial deputy police commissioner William Mpembe and five other officers continues.