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Marikana : voices from South Africa's mining massacre / Peter Alexander, Thapelo Lekgowa, Botsang Mmope, Luke Sinwell, Bongani Xezwi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alexander, Peter, 1953 October 29- 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.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (167 p.)
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- 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 mineworkers 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
- 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 Africa : Jacana Media, 2012.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0-8214-4476-X
- OCLC:
- 867740640
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