The Marikana massacre: a glimpse of the men behind the numbers
Submitted by red jack on Sep 10 2012 09:37
The City Press, a mainstream newspaper in South Africa, has published short obituaries of the striking miners gunned down by the ANC government.
Are the strikes In South Africa good for mining companies?
Submitted by Alasdair on Aug 30 2012 20:00
As the dispute continues in Marikana, and appears to be spreading to both other platinum mines and to more workers at Lonmin, is it worth taking a step back from the immediate actions and considering the broader economic effect of the strikes?
The Marikana massacre: Details of deliberate police murder begin to emerge
Submitted by red jack on Aug 30 2012 05:07
This article is from the mainstream media in South Africa but has invaluable details on what actually happened when the police left 34 strikers dead and another 78 injured.
The Marikana massacre: a premeditated killing?
Submitted by red jack on Aug 24 2012 02:56
Benjamin Fogel on the Lonmin Massacre and the chilling bloodlust of the Stalinists in the South African Communist Party.
On the politics of protest in Cape Town
Submitted by red jack on Aug 22 2012 06:12
Jared Sacks on popular protest, disruption, and violence in South Africa in the wake of the Lonmin Massacre.
Echoes of the past: Marikana, cheap labour and the 1946 miners strike
Chris Webb puts the Lonmin massacre in some historical perspective.
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