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OverviewBetween 11 and 16 August 2012, the Lonmin platinum mine at Marikana witnessed a tragedy in which 34 miners were killed, more than 70 injured and approximately 250 people arrested. The Marikana Massacre remains a scar in the tissue of post-democratic South Africa. Described as the worst act of violence since the Sharpeville Massacre of 21 March 1960, it was indicative of underlying crises in government and the fabric of society. The brutality of the shootings was indeed no different from state-sponsored violence in the apartheid era. The event was also a turning point in South African history. The fact that the police appointed by the liberation party were opening fire on the people they had vowed to protect sent shock waves throughout the world. Years into the aftermath, what has this event come to mean? This book is a collection of chapters which give an authoritative and cross-disciplinary account of the massacre, up-to-date details of what really happened, what it has meant for the current South African socio-political landscape and how it has changed public discourse and awareness of the mining industry, the broader labour market. The book further considers the lack of accountability for the crimes committed at Marikana. The chapters, written by a wide range of highly regarded scholars and practitioners, address the legacies of Marikana from a broad array of disciplines including law, legal philosophy, media studies, journalism and communication studies, philosophy, political science, economics and public governance. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mia Swart , Ylva Rodny-GumedePublisher: University of Cape Town Press Imprint: University of Cape Town Press ISBN: 9781775822783ISBN 10: 1775822788 Pages: 270 Publication Date: 30 December 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsIntroduction (Mi Swart) Chapter 1: Marikana commission of inquiry: from narratives towards history - Peter Alexander Chapter 2: Money and mining in Marikana: microfinance, development finance and corporate finance under conditions of super-exploitation and social resistance - Patrick Bond Chapter 3: Domination without dominance: Marikana and post apartheid trade unionism - Crispen Chinguno Chapter 4: The failure of the apartheid corporate model - William Gumede Chapter 5: The killing fields: Marikana and the justice deficit - Mia Swart Chapter 6: An ubuntu-based evaluation of the South African state’s responses to Marikana: where’s the reconciliation? - Thaddeus Metz Chapter 7: Ubuntu and reported moral values after the Marikana massacre - Colin Chasi Chapter 8: Coverage of Marikana: what went wrong and has it changed South African journalism? - Ylva Rodny-Gumed Chapter 9: “To mourn together as a nation”: representation and erasure in post-Marikana political discourse - Meghan Tinsley Chapter 10: The making and political life of miners shot down: an interview with Rehad desai and anita khanna - Pierpaolo Frasinelli Chapter 11: Marikana reloaded: lessons unlearned, as Lonmin expires and Sibanye rises amidst ongoing labour-community-feminist revolts - Patrick BondReviewsAuthor InformationMia Swart was Professor of International Law at the University of Johannesburg and is now attached to the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) as well as to Wits University. She has written many journal articles and contributed to several books, including The Limits of Transition: The South African TRC Twenty Years After (Brill:2017), co-edited with Karin van Marle. Ylva Rodny-Gumede is Professor in the Department of Journalism, Film and Television at the University of Johannesburg and a Senior Associate Researcher with the Stanhope Centre for International Communications Policy Research at the London School of Economics. She has also consulted for several governmental, private, and academic institutions in Europe and Southern Africa on issues concerning media and democracy. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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