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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787539703321

Autore

Alexander Peter <1953 October 29->

Titolo

Marikana [[electronic resource] ] : voices from South Africa's mining massacre / / Peter Alexander, Thapelo Lekgowa, Botsang Mmope, Luke Sinwell, Bongani Xezwi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, Ohio, : Ohio University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8214-4476-X

Edizione

[Rev. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (167 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LekgowaThapelo

MmopeBotsang

SinwellLuke

XezwiBongani

AlexanderPeter <1953 October 29->

Disciplina

968.241068

Soggetti

Strikes and lockouts - Miners - South Africa - Rustenburg

Police shootings - South Africa - Rustenburg

Miners - South Africa - Rustenburg

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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