Marikana: the solution

[nairiporter]

South African miners to be freed after prosecutors drop murder charges
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/southafrica/9515869/South-African-miners-to-be-freed-after-prosecutors-drop-murder-charges.html

The 270 miners accused of killing 34 of their striking colleagues at a platinum mine in South Africa are to be released from jail after prosecutors decided to withdraw the murder charges against them.
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Public anger had been mounting at the charges, made under an apartheid-era law that allowed the miners to be deemed to have had a “common purpose” in the murder of their colleagues — even though they were all shot dead by police.

Comments

[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

Charged for having a "common purpose" with those who killed? WTF.

[nairiporter.livejournal.com]

Yes, an outdated law from the times of Apartheid. Good thing they weren't gripping at it desperately.