LISTEN: I am determined to make amends for Marikana - Rampahosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa has told Parliament that government failed the people of South Africa when 34 miners were killed in a single day in Marikana in 2012.
He described the tragedy as the darkest moment in our democracy.
Ramaphosa was replying to the debate on his first State of the Nation Address on Tuesday.
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He says he is determined to make amends.
"I would like to use this opportunity to address what role I played in my capacity as a Lonmin director in the events of that tragic week. Notwithstanding the findings of the Farlam Commission on my responsibility for the events that unfolded. I am determined to play whatever role I can in the process of healing and atonement for what happened at Marikana," says Ramaphosa.
He says he will be guided by the needs and wishes of the families of the workers who lost their lives.
Ramaphosa says government is making progress in the process of compensating the families of the miners.
He says this should be concluded in the coming months.