Reports: al-Shabaab planned to meet in SA

No Fear No Favour No Terrorists or Refugees in SA please........




Govan Whittles SOUTH AFRICA 24 SEPTEMBER 2013 07:30

JOHANNESBURG – Fresh questions have been raised about South Africa’s role as a safe haven for terrorists after a series of unconfirmed tweets from Somalia’s al Qaeda linked al-Shabaab group have suggested Pretoria is the next rendezvous point for the group.

A group of between 10 and 15 militants stormed Nairobi’s upscale Westgate Shopping Mall at lunchtime on Saturday and began shooting civilians indiscriminately killing at least 62 and wounding several others.

The validity of the Twitter account has not yet been established, but on it, al-Shabaab suggests its militants will rendezvous in Pretoria once the siege on the Nairobi mall is completed.

Anneli Botha, a senior researcher on terrorism at the Institute for Security Studies says al-Shabaab rebels have previously used South Africa to plan attacks.

Meanwhile, the Department of Home Affairs says it will try determine the validity of a South African passport belonging to a woman believed to be one of the militants involved in the attack on Westgate Shopping Mall.

Samantha Lewthwaite, known as the White Widow, is the widow of one of the suicide bombers who killed more than 50 people on London's transport system in 2005.

Lewthwaite is believed to be a key member of Somalia’s al Qaeda linked al-Shabaab group and is wanted in connection with an alleged plot to attack hotels and restaurants in Kenya. 

This morning, the Beeld newspaper published a picture of Lewthwaite’s face on a South African passport under the name Natalie Faye Webb.

Department spokesperson Ronnie Mamoepa says the passport might be fake.

“You can’t for certain say just from a picture in a newspaper that this is a valid South African passport.”

He said the department will work with Kenyan authorities to determine the passport’s validity.

EYE WITNESS NEWS

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'Amerikaners, Brit onder aanvallers'

Dinsdag 24 September 2013

New York. - Kenia se minister van buitelandse sake sê twee of drie jong Amerikaanse mans en 'n Britse vrou was deel van die groep aanvallers wat die Westgate-winkelsentrum in Nairobi die afgelope naweek bestorm het.

Minstens 62 mense is in die aanval dood. Die Al-Sjabaab-groep het verantwoordelikheid vir die bloedbad aanvaar.

Minister Amina Mohamed het in 'n onderhoud met die Amerikaanse PBS-televisiediens in antwoord op 'n vraag hieroor gesê: "Uit die inligting tot ons beskikking, twee of drie Amerikaners en ek dink tot dusver het ek van een Brit ('n vrou) gehoor . . . en sy het, dink ek, dit al baie keer voorheen gedoen." 

Volgens die minister is die Amerikaners waarskynlik tussen 18 en 19 jaar oud, van Somaliese of Arabiese oorsprong en het hulle in die VSA "in Minnesota en nog 'n plek"  gewoon.

Mohamed sê dit onderstreep die "globale aard van die oorlog waarby ons betrokke is".

CNN het van die aanvallers se name - wat glo van Al-Sjabaab verkry is -  bekend gemaak. Volgens die uitsaaier sluit die groep ook 'n Fin en 'n Kanadees in. 

Na wat berig word, was regeringsmagte laat Maandagaand en vroeg Dinsdagoggend besig om die Westgate-sentrum "skoon te maak".

Manoah Esipisu, 'n Keniaanse regeringswoordvoer, het aan die nuusagentskap AFP gesê die beleg was vinnig besig om sy einde te nader. "Ons spesiale magte is in die sentrum. Die sentrum is duidelik 'n baie, baie groot gebou."

"Ons dink dat almal, al die gyselaars, nou uit die gebou ontruim is, maar ons wil nie enige kanse waag nie. Die spesiale magte noem dié proses 'sanering'. Dit is 'n ingewikkelde en baie delikate situasie. 

"Tot dusver het hulle nog geen teenkanting ervaar nie, maar 'n paar van die aanvallers kruip in 'n beheerkamer of hoek weg,'' het Esipisu aan die nuusagentskap gesê. 

**Erika Gibson berig die sogenaamde “wit weduwee”, ’n Britse vrou wat een van Al-Sjabaab se hoofwerwers in Oos-Afrika is en moontlik ook help beplan het aan die Nairobi-winkelsentrumbeleg, is ’n gereelde besoeker aan Suid-Afrika.

Die vrou, Samantha (Sam) Lewthwaite, gebruik blykbaar ook minstens een vervalste Suid-Afrikaanse paspoort as een van verskeie aliasse waaronder sy reis.- Sapa-AFP​

Lees ook: 'Wit terro was in SA'

BEELD

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COMMENTS BY SONNY

We must remember that this is the country (Kenya) where our SA troops were sent before being redeployed to the DRC by our president Zuma.

Did Al-Shabaab perhaps see this deployment by SA troops as a direct threat to their Al-Qaeda   links in Somalia?

We must also remember that Samantha Lewthwaite was seen in South Afirca prior to her deployment to Al-SHABAAB IN SOMALIA.

SHE WILL LEAVE A PATH OF DESTRUCTION WHERE EVER SHE GOES.

“Mom, They are Shooting at Me” Final Words of Another SA Police Victim

No Fear No Favour No dirty cops please..........




Durban : South Africa | Sep 19, 2013 at 8:32 PM PDT

This month the out of control South African Police claimed another innocent life. KwaZulu-Natal restaurateur, Leanne Douglas was driving to visit her mother early on Sunday night when she crashed and died after being shot at by police.

Ms Douglas had phoned her mother, telling her that an unmarked car with flashing blue lights was trying to pull her off the road. Her mother called her back after a few minutes to find out what was happening. She said her daughter was screaming saying said that the police were trying to kill her, and that she had no idea why they were shooting at her. She was clearly terrified and said she was driving to the nearest police station. (There have been a number of incidents this year where white South Africans have been attacked after being stopped by people impersonating the police in cars that have blue lights.)

Her mother could hear the gunshots and then the phone cut out. Her car overturned and Ms Douglas died. A postmortem will determine if she was killed by being shot, or from injuries sustained when her car overturned.

The officers claim that Ms Douglas was driving recklessly and that when they tried to stop her, she sped off and a chase ensued. It is alleged that the policemen concealed the fact that they had fired shots at the vehicle. However, The station commander noticed five bullet holes when the vehicle was towed. He questioned the officers concerned who could not give a reasonable explanation for the shooting. A murder docket has been opened but no arrests have been made.

It is thought that this may be a revenge attack over an altercation with police earlier this year. Ms Douglas apparently bumped her neighbour's scooter and he laid a charge. The charge was dropped, but a policewoman arrived at Ms Douglas' house and tried to arrest her without a warrant. It is alleged that the policewoman slapped Ms Douglas, forced her out of her flat, handcuffed her and took her to the Southport SAPS prison cells. Charges were again brought against her and she appeared in court several times, with the case being postponed on each occasion.

On her last appearance in Port Shepstone Magistrate's Court Ms Douglas had said that the policewoman's lawyer informed her all charges would be dropped if she bought a top of the range cellphone for the policewoman. Ms Douglas refused.

This case is not unusual. South African Police are notorious for unprovoked attacks, particularly on whites, verbal racial abuse, inappropriate searches, false arrests, violence and murder.

A SAPS audit has found that 1,448 members currently on the force are guilty of serious offenses including rape, attempted murder, corruption, fraud and assault. Several of the convicted cops are highly ranked in positions like captains, majors and colonels — shockingly 10 brigadiers and 1 Major General are also on the list. In response to the report Police Commissioner General Riah Phiyega said that police officers with criminal records could not simply be fired.

Police have also paid out more than R200 million to settle civil claims in the past financial year. Phiyega responded to questions about the claims by stating that civil claims should not be a cost, they should be left as a “runaway cost”.

There is hardly an element of the force that is not touched by scandal and the Sunday Times recently revealed that Makhosini Nkosi & Associates, the company responsible for communications for National Police Commissioner Phiyega and the National Prosecuting Authority was found to be illegally operating a bar and massage parlor at the company premises without business rights or a liquor liscence. (Nkosi insisted it was not a brothel, just "an interesting B&B" - even though he admitted to paying for adverts on sex websites.)

In spite of the ongoing horror stories concerning the SA Police, President Zuma recently told journalists that his Police Commissioner is competent. “I think she’s able to do her job. So far, I think she’s absolutely wonderful” he said.

by AFRICADESK

COMMENTS BY SONNY

Has the SAPS South Coast KZN formed a new
HIT SQUAD - OR GENOCIDE SQUAD?

WHY WAS THIS CASE NOT MENTIONED AS SAPS
 'STATS?'

OR IS THE MINISTER AND COMMISSIONER WAITING
FOR THIS PREMEDITATED MURDER TO GO COLD?

CORRUPTION AND DECEIT PERSISTS IN SOUTH
AFRICA.?

THE PEOPLE SHALL GOVERN!



                                                                                     

Cops 'withheld Marikana info'

No fear No Favour No Fakes STATS OR EVIDENCE Please.....



20-SEP-2013 | SAPA  

"What makes the revelations an insult to South African citizens, who foot the bill of the commission and the legal representation of the police --all at a cost of R500,000 per day -- is that there are clear attempts at undermining the outcomes of the Commission at our expense as a society.

The postponement of the inquiry into 44 deaths during labour unrest at Marikana last year, is an insult to South Africans, Citizens4Marikana said on Thursday.

"What makes the revelations an insult to South African citizens, who foot the bill of the commission and the legal representation of the police --all at a cost of R500,000 per day -- is that there are clear attempts at undermining the outcomes of the Commission at our expense as a society.

"The fact that the police, at the expense of the taxpayer, has for over a year deemed it appropriate to withhold evidence from the Commission is a clear indictment of the officers involved," the group said in a statement.

Citizens4Marikana said the revelations by evidence leaders at the Farlam Commission of Inquiry confirmed the concerns that people had expressed over the "lack of integrity and transparency" of submissions made at the commission by the police.

On Thursday, the commission said there must be information police had held back that was discovered in the past 10 days.

"In the past 10 days we have discovered through the evidence leaders that there must be info that was not disclosed by the police that seeks to suggest that the information was withheld to try and portray a certain approach to the commission in relation to what has been discovered," spokesman Tshepo Mahlangu said.

National police spokesman Solomon Makgale said the statement by the evidence leaders was "unfortunate and highly prejudicial".

He said the evidence leaders had passed judgment on the police without giving them a chance to explain.

"We regret the approach taken by the evidence leaders and undertake to give any and all answers to the concerns they have raised when the Commission resumes its work next week," Makgale said.

Previously, evidence leader Geoff Budlender, SC, asked that the commission be postponed to allow his team to examine the police evidence.

In Lt-Col Duncan Scott's version on a computer hard drive containing the police's evidence, "some documents have been added and some files we haven't seen before", Budlender told the commission.

He said the police team had been co-operative, but that the process of going through the evidence "could take some time".

Citizens4Marikana said the decision by the police to hide evidence impacted on the miners, security guards and police officers who were injured and killed last year and their families.

"Citizens4Marikana calls on the presidency to intervene with a decisive and clear solution that salvages justice and truth from increasingly disparate trappings of the commission, so that all those who have been deeply affected by this tragedy can heal and achieve recompense.

"Evil prevails when good people do nothing!" it said.

Citizens4Marikana is a group which came together through social media on the first anniversary of last year's violence at Marikana.

The commission postponed its proceedings until Wednesday next week.

Sowetan News

Mashatile to launch 'Freedom Friday'

20-SEP-2013 | SAPA

He would launch it on Friday to mark the lead up to the country celebrating 20 years of freedom and democracy, said government communications spokeswoman Phumla Williams.

Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile is expected to launch "Freedom Fridays" in Soweto, government said on Thursday.

He would launch it on Friday to mark the lead up to the country celebrating 20 years of freedom and democracy, said government communications spokeswoman Phumla Williams.

Citizens were encouraged to use every Friday from September 20 until the end of December 2014 to celebrate the milestones of the country's freedom.

"Freedom Friday is a call on the nation to wear anything that expresses their pride in being South African on Fridays.

"They can wear anything from a jersey of a favourite football or rugby team to traditional wear to show their unity in celebrating this important landmark in our country's history."

Williams said the main aim of Freedom Fridays was to mobilise collective ownership of 20 years of democracy by all sectors of society, to "promote social cohesion and a national identity that is representative of our rich and diverse culture”.

Parents and teachers were urged to educate children about how democracy was achieved

Sowetan News

COMMENTS BY SONNY

DO THEY PERJURE THE STATS AS THEY PERJURE THE MARIKANA KILLINGS?

WHY LAUNCH "FREEDOM FRIDAYS" WHEN THE WHOLE OF SOUTH AFRICA IS SUPPOSED TO BE FREE - EVERY DAY SINCE 1994?>?

IS THERE SOMETHING WE'RE NOT BEING TOLD?

OR IS THIS JUST ANOTHER TACTIC TO DRAW VOTES FOR 2014?

Special Investigating Unit racked by infighting

Special Investigating Unit racked by infighting ( Report earlier this year )
2013 SALLY EVANS


"Several senior members have left or have been sidelined following the departure of Willie Hofmeyr."


Willie Hofmeyr, who was ousted as the SIU head, and Willem Heath,who quit the position after just a few weeks. A new appointment is expected soon. (Russell Roberts, Gallo)
The country’s prime corruption-busting force, the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), continues to be racked by the internal divisions that paved the way for the departure of its former boss, Willie Hofmeyr, in December 2011.

The SIU has been under the acting leadership of Nomvula Mokhatla for more than a year, following the brief appointment of former judge Willem Heath, who was forced to resign after giving a newspaper interview that suggested he might take a politically partisan approach to the unit’s work.

Despite a promise by Justice Minister Jeff Radebe that an appoint­ment would be announced by the end of February, President Jacob Zuma must still make his choice known.

According to a presentation by Hofmeyr to Parliament in October 2011, between R25-billion and R30-billion of government’s annual procurement budget was lost to corruption. Fighting corruption is central to the unit’s mandate.

The leadership vacuum has also fuelled the racial and professional conflicts at the unit that dogged Hofmeyr, according to internal documents seen by the Mail & Guardian and sources from the unit who spoke on condition of anonymity.

By the time a new head is appoin­ted, it may already be too late to undo the damage months of uncertainty has caused the unit. It has seen the departure or sidelining of a number of those perceived as loyal to Hofmeyr, including the former projects director Peter Bishop and the former corporate director and spokesperson Marika Muller.

According to some sources, central to the SIU’s current problems is the reinstatement last year of the unit’s business support head, the firebrand Miseria Nyathi.

Nyathi successfully negotiated her return to the unit following her dismissal for refusing to undergo a lie-detector test after she was charged with submitting false overtime bonus claims under Hofmeyr’s watch in 2011.

Nyathi denied the charge and further claimed that her refusal to take a lie-detector test was based on concerns she had about Hofmeyr’s motives.

She was also charged with secretly co-operating with members of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu), which was engaged in a protracted battle with Hofmeyr over what the union alleged was racial bias in the management and staffing practices at the unit.

Last week the Democratic Alliance claimed that Nyathi was being considered for the unit’s top job, following a meeting she allegedly had with Radebe about it.

The minister’s spokesperson, Mthunzi Mhaga, declined to respond to questions about the alleged meeting or its purpose. He said: “Insinuations on the meetings with Ms Nyathi are not worth a response.

“The matter [of a new SIU head] is with the presidency and they have indicated that a decision on the appointment will be made soon and communicated accordingly.”

Despite these assurances, the fallout from Nyathi’s battle with Hofmeyr over her dismissal and the issue of Nehawu’s crusade appears to have continued to fester.

Racial allegations
Nehawu has been a vociferous champion of Nyathi’s since her suspension and has continued to make allegations about a so-called “campaign” aimed at “discrediting non-whites, especially blacks” in the unit.

In a June 2012 letter to Nehawu members at the SIU, the union’s branch secretary for the unit in KwaZulu-Natal, Bongani Mpungose, wrote that allegations made last year that Nyathi received R2-million in back pay following her reinstatement were “made without investigation since it had already [been] concluded because she is black”.

“The force behind this campaign is the same executive committee who are discrediting the acting head of the unit, Adv Mokhatla, as they create an impression that their father, the former head of the unit [Hofmeyr] was running this organisation well.”

Nehawu said it “will support and protect Adv Mokhatla for the bold decisions which she made to reinstate our comrades who were punished for being Nehawu members and [for being] pro-transformation.”

Sources in the SIU said that Nyathi’s return to the unit had created an atmosphere of “fear and insecurity”. They said Nyathi had “purposefully targeted” those who were involved in investigating the disciplinary case against her.

The public protector had been sent three complaints by SIU employees relating to the management styles of both Nyathi and Mokhatla, they said, and internal grievances had also been lodged against Nyathi.

The SIU would not confirm or deny this.

Mokhatla reinstated Nyathi despite legal advice she received that advised that the reinstatement would be improper.

The legacy of Nyathi’s return to the unit and the alleged influence of Nehawu over the SIU’s executive committee appears to have affected the unit’s ability to carry out its mandate, with one source claiming the unit has been consumed by the Nyathi faction’s “campaign of revenge”.

Several senior SIU officials involved in investigating Nyathi’s fraud case have either resigned or have been demoted since she returned.

Where SIU members have been demoted, their positions have allegedly been taken up by people perceived as loyal to Nyathi. In one case, Brian Chitwa, who was made acting head of the SIU’s internal integrity unit in October last year, was allegedly investigated for leaking confidential information to Nyathi while she was suspended.

Nyathi has also allegedly “verbally abused” officials who handled her disciplinary matter. According to a SIU source, Nyathi called one of these officials and “screamed” at the person and said their “integrity cannot be trusted”.

Internal processes
Nyathi allegedly also threatened a senior legal official and accused the official “of fabricating evidence” to be used against her in the disciplinary matter.

This appears to have happened in the wake of Nyathi’s appointment to a newly created position, the acting head of internal audit, governance and risk, besides her position as head of business support.

SIU sources said other senior mem­bers had been sidelined by Nyathi, who had allegedly included junior staff in meetings that the more senior employees should have attended.

According to an SIU official, Nyathi had “slowly taken control of the SIU”.

The public protector’s spokeswoman, Kgalalelo Masibi indicated to the M&G that it was awaiting the outcome of the internal processes of the SIU. Masibi said: “The Public Protector will pick up the complaint should the complainant not be happy with the outcome of the internal processes.”

In a response to questions put to the SIU, the unit said: “The questions relate to internal SIU business, which includes employees’ personal information and disciplinary matters that are extremely confidential.

“The SIU will therefore not respond to these questions, which are aimed [at] nothing but tarnishing [the] image of the unit and senior management.”

Dave Lewis, the executive director of Corruption Watch, said the SIU had a very important mandate and set of powers and the uncertainty over the leadership “has just enormously weakened the unit. Any weakening of the unit is really very bad as the figures on corruption are just gigantic.”

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Zuma names new heads for NPA, Special Investigating Unit
BY WYNDHAM HARTLEY, 30 AUGUST 2013, 16:03



Vasantrai Soni (SC) will head the Special Investigating Unit.
Picture: GCISMxolisi Nxasana has been appointed national director of public prosecutions. Picture: GCISVasantrai Soni (SC) will head the Special Investigating Unit. Picture: GCISMxolisi Nxasana has been appointed national director of public prosecutions. Picture: GCIS


Law-enforcement postings delayed by design or negligence?

EDITORIAL: The NPA grasps at its own fiction

Zuma says he will appoint NPA head by end August


PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma on Friday announced the appointment of permanent heads at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the Special Investigating Unit, beating a deadline by one day.

The Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution gave Mr Zuma until the end of August to make the appointments or face a Constitutional Court action to force his hand.

Mr Zuma announced that Mxolisi Nxasana had been appointed National Director of Public Prosecutions, with effect from October 1.


Mr Nxasana currently practises as an attorney and has a wealth of experience in criminal litigation. He has also held senior positions in the legal profession including chairman of the KwaZulu-Natal Law Society.

The new head of the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is advocate Vasantrai Soni (SC), also with effect from October 1.

Mr Soni has 25 years’ experience and played a crucial role as chief evidence leader in the Jali commission of inquiry into corruption in prisons in South Africa, Mr Zuma’s statement said.

Sophy Moipone Dinah Noko has been appointed director of public prosecutions for the jurisdictional area of the KwaZulu-Natal division of the high court, with effect from September 1.

President Zuma expressed confidence that the three appointments would lend credibility, integrity and stability to the institutions they will lead.

Experts question crime stats

Experts question crime stats
21 September 2012 10:04

Crime researchers have questioned the validity of statistics showing a decline in serious and violent crimes, The Times newspaper reported.

Referring to “remarkable decreases” in particularly the Pretoria policing areas of Erasmia and Wierdabrug, University of SA criminologist Rudolph Zinn said the dramatic drops in crime were unexplained.

“When one asks for an explanation, none is provided. On top of this, whatever is being done ‘right’ is not rolled out to other stations in their policing cluster,” Zinn told the newspaper.

Releasing the statistics yesterday, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said crime was down in most categories in 2011/12.

There were declines in all seven categories of contact crime – murder, attempted murder, sexual offences, assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, common assault, aggravated robbery, and common robbery.

These crimes accounted for 29.9% of South Africa’s recorded serious crimes, Mthethwa said.

Zinn said the absence of reasons for a decrease in crime cast serious doubt on the methodology used to gather and record information and “must be queried”.

Institute for Security Studies researcher Dr Johan Burger said the rate at which some crimes were declining or even rising was worrying.

“The rate has been more than halved. The police are nowhere near their targets, with some categories of crime, such as business robberies, increasing.

He said it was vital that external audits be conducted on the crime statistics so that accurate information could be documented.

( City Press)

Crime stats ‘worst in 10 years’

Crime stats ‘worst in 10 years’

Charl du Plessis @CharlduPlessc #crimestats
19 September 2013 11:40


The police are failing in their bid to fight some of the crimes South Africans fear most.

This was the initial response of experts to the release of the annual crime statistics in Pretoria today, where it was revealed that the murder rate nudged up 0.6% this year after an annual decline since 2007/’08.

Significantly, attempted murder has also increased 6.5% over the past financial year.

Gareth Newham, an analyst with the Institute for Security Studies, said the increases in murder, attempted murder, car hijacking, street robbery and house robbery showed that “government’s approach to crime is not working”.

“After a long period of decreases in serious and violent crime, these are the worst figures we have seen in ten years,” said Newham.

He said that there were 650 additional murders in these crime statistics, which translated to an additional two murders every day.

During the presentation, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa, said the police “will work doubly as hard to ensure the slight increase is re-routed to the downward trends that we experienced over the past nine years”.

Concluding the presentation, Mthethwa said “whatever the difficulties and hurdles we (the police) may have experienced over the past year, SAPS shall succeed in its endeavours.

“However improbable it may sound to the sceptics, success is guaranteed.”

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( City Press

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Cops 'withheld Marikana info'

Cops 'withheld Marikana info'
Sowetan
20 Sep 2013 | Sapa

"What makes the revelations an insult to South African citizens, who foot the bill of the commission and the legal representation of the police --all at a cost of R500,000 per day -- is that there are clear attempts at undermining the outcomes of the Commission at our expense as a society.
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ANGRY MOB: A Marikana general dealer said he ran out of pangas and axes because there was a marked increase in their demand by Lonmin mineworkers. The Farlam Commission of Inquiry heard that some of the mineworkers just snuck the weapons in their trousers and jackets. Photo: Sydney Seshibedi
The postponement of the inquiry into 44 deaths during labour unrest at Marikana last year, is an insult to South Africans, Citizens4Marikana said on Thursday.

"What makes the revelations an insult to South African citizens, who foot the bill of the commission and the legal representation of the police --all at a cost of R500,000 per day -- is that there are clear attempts at undermining the outcomes of the Commission at our expense as a society.

"The fact that the police, at the expense of the taxpayer, has for over a year deemed it appropriate to withhold evidence from the Commission is a clear indictment of the officers involved," the group said in a statement.

Citizens4Marikana said the revelations by evidence leaders at the Farlam Commission of Inquiry confirmed the concerns that people had expressed over the "lack of integrity and transparency" of submissions made at the commission by the police.

On Thursday, the commission said there must be information police had held back that was discovered in the past 10 days.

"In the past 10 days we have discovered through the evidence leaders that there must be info that was not disclosed by the police that seeks to suggest that the information was withheld to try and portray a certain approach to the commission in relation to what has been discovered," spokesman Tshepo Mahlangu said.

National police spokesman Solomon Makgale said the statement by the evidence leaders was "unfortunate and highly prejudicial".

He said the evidence leaders had passed judgment on the police without giving them a chance to explain.

"We regret the approach taken by the evidence leaders and undertake to give any and all answers to the concerns they have raised when the Commission resumes its work next week," Makgale said.

Previously, evidence leader Geoff Budlender, SC, asked that the commission be postponed to allow his team to examine the police evidence.

In Lt-Col Duncan Scott's version on a computer hard drive containing the police's evidence, "some documents have been added and some files we haven't seen before", Budlender told the commission.

He said the police team had been co-operative, but that the process of going through the evidence "could take some time".

Citizens4Marikana said the decision by the police to hide evidence impacted on the miners, security guards and police officers who were injured and killed last year and their families.

"Citizens4Marikana calls on the presidency to intervene with a decisive and clear solution that salvages justice and truth from increasingly disparate trappings of the commission, so that all those who have been deeply affected by this tragedy can heal and achieve recompense.

"Evil prevails when good people do nothing!" it said.

Citizens4Marikana is a group which came together through social media on the first anniversary of last year's violence at Marikana.

The commission postponed its proceedings until Wednesday next week.
( Sowetan )