A police media statement which was released a day after the massacre of striking miners at Lonmin's platinum mine in August 2012 will be the centre of attention when retired Judge Neels Claassen's board of inquiry resumes on Thursday.The second witness at the Marikana inquiry into suspended national police commissioner General Riah Phiyega's fitness to hold office is expected to take the stand.Former police spokesperson Lindela Mashigo will give his testimony about the statement.He held the position of brigadier at the time of the Marikana shootings.President Jacob Zuma established the inquiry following recommendations by retired Judge Ian Farlam in his Marikana report. The Farlam Commission‚ which submitted its final report to government last year‚ implicated Phiyega and other senior police officers in the murders of 34 miners on August 16‚ 2012.The report largely exonerated the key political figures accused of having a hand in the events leading up to the Marikana tragedy.The strike led to the deaths of more than 40 people‚ including the 34 miners as well as security guards and police officers.In appointing the board‚ Zuma said it should investigate‚ among other things:- Whether Phiyega had misled the Farlam Commission by concealing that police made the decision to implement a “tactical option”‚ taken at the National Management Forum meeting on or about August 15 2012; and- The report Phiyega prepared for Zuma and the media statement subsequently issued on August 17‚ 2012‚ and whether it was deliberately amended to conceal the fact that there were two shooting incidents.Evidence leader head Ismail Jamie SC on Wednesday said: "Mashigo is a substantial witness..." – TMG Digital/Sowetan..