Chairperson, I want to respond to the statement made by the hon member of the ANC. I want to thank her for raising this very important matter of violence in the mines, something we should all be concerned about.
Clearly, at this stage no party has claimed responsibility for these killings and we are calling on all stakeholders to work for peace in this area. We know that there is an element of criminality in this and we want to give the police the space to investigate this matter and bring the perpetrators to book.
Finally, we also want to direct words of condolence to the bereaved families of those mineworkers.