Marikana : voices from South Africa's mining massacre / Peter Alexander, Luke Sinwell, Thapelo Lekgowa, Botsang Mmope, and Bongani Xezwi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alexander, Peter, 1953 October 29- author.

Lekgowa, Thapelo, author.

Mmope, Botsang, author.

Sinwell, Luke, author.

Xezwi, Bongani, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Strikes and lockouts--Miners--South Africa--Rustenburg.

Strikes and lockouts.

Police shootings--South Africa--Rustenburg.

Police shootings.

Miners--South Africa--Rustenburg--Interviews.

Miners.

Strikes and lockouts--Miners.

South Africa--Rustenburg.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

165 pages : illustrations, maps ; cm

Other Title:

Marikana : a view from the mountain and a case to answer

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2013.

Summary:

The Marikana Massacre of August 16, 2012, was the single most lethal use of force by South African security forces against civilians since the end of apartheid. Those killed were mine-workers in support of a pay raise. Through a series of interviews conducted with workers who survived the attack, this account documents and examines the controversial shootings in great detail, beginning with a valuable history of the events leading up to the killing of workers and including eyewitness accounts of the violence and interviews with family members of those who perished. While the official Farlam Commission investigation of the massacre is still ongoing, many South Africans do not hold much confidence in the government's ability to examine its own complicity in these events. Marikana, on the other hand, examines the various roles played by the African National Congress, the mining company, and the National Union of Mineworkers in creating the conditions that led to the massacre. While the commissions investigations take place in a courtroom setting tilted toward those in power, Marikana documents testimony from the mineworkers in the days before official statements were even gathered, offering an unusually immediate and unfiltered look at the reality from the perspective of those most directly affected. In addition, the book includes an analysis of context and political significance and a list of all those who died at Marikana. Enhanced by vivid maps that make clear the setting and situation of the events, Marikana is an invaluable work of history, journalism, sociology, and activism. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: encounters in Marikana

The massacre: a narrative account based on workers' testimonies

Background interviews

Speeches

Interviews with mineworkers

Analysis and conclusion

They died at Marikana.

Notes:

First published: Auckland Park, South Afirca : Jacana Media, 2012.

Also published with title: Marikana : a view from the mountain and a case to answer.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780821420713

0821420712

9780821444764

082144476X

9780821420775

0821420771

OCLC:

845085713