Police forces watch over the crime scene and yellow cones representing the miners' bodies on September 30, 2014 near Lonmin mine  in Marikana, in the north west province. The Farlam commission is investigating the deaths of 34 miners gunned down by the South African police during a violent wave of strikes between August 11, 2012 and August 16, 2012. AFP PHOTO/MUJAHID SAFODIEN        (Photo credit should read MUJAHID SAFODIEN/AFP/Getty Images)