Keyword: Matthews Commission

Commissions of Inquiry or Omission?

Picture: Ian Farlam, chairperson of the Marikana Commission of Inquiry, courtesy SABC Dale T. McKinley - Amongst its many other attributes, South Africa could arguably be called the Commission capital of the world. While there is no official list of how many Commissions of Inquiry there have been in the 20 years since 1994, suffice to say that the numbers are impressive. In the last 14 years alone there have been no less than 10 national-level, high profile Commissions of Inquiry - five of which have yet to run their course - accompanied by scores of others emanating from the executives and...