How’s your blood pressure doing today? It’s Friday of course, which helps make freezing cold mornings like this more bearable.

If you feel like cranking your day up a notch or three we’re giving you the chance to get stuck into JZ’s full Marikana report speech from last night. The president has long been criticised for his lackadaisical approach and off-hand remarks regarding the tragedy that saw the death of 44 people in August 2012. Some important points summarised below on eNCA:

President Jacob Zuma said allegations that Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa was responsible for the Marikana massacre were groundless…

Zuma said the police drew up an operational plan which entailed the unsettlement of a relatively small group of strikers who would be on the koppie early in the morning.

This phase was only capable of being implemented early in the morning when there would be a relatively small group of strikers.

Instead, the unsettlement plan was replaced by the tactical option which was defective in a number of respects.