Marikana lawyer stabbed, robbed

Lawyer Dali Mpofu was stabbed and robbed on an East London beach yesterday, SABC television news reported. He was walking along the beachfront when a group of men confronted him, took his cellphone and stabbed him several times. He was in a stable condition in hospital, the SABC said. Mr Mpofu is representing the miners involved in last year’s shooting at Marikana in the North West.