South Africa presidency receives "Marikana massacre" inquiry report

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's presidency said on Tuesday it had received a report on an inquiry into the police shooting of 34 striking mine workers in 2012, the deadliest security action since the end of apartheid. The inquiry, headed by retired judge Ian Farlam, was set up by President Jacob Zuma to look into events that led to the killing of the miners at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mines on Aug. 16, 2012. The killings, the worst of their kind since apartheid ended in 1994, became known as the "Marikana massacre." The presidency said Zuma was currently on a state visit in Algeria and would "prioritise the consideration of the report on his return." As well as investigating the shootings, the Marikana commission had a broader remit to look into labour relations, pay and accommodation in South Africa's mines - issues seen as behind the wildcat strike that preceded the killings. The shootings sparked intense criticism not only of the police but also of mining bosses, unions, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and Zuma. (Reporting by Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo; Editing by James Macharia)