TY - JOUR PY - 2015// TI - The marikana massacre: why heads must roll JO - New solutions: a journal of environmental and occupational health policy A1 - Bell, Terry SP - 440 EP - 450 VL - 25 IS - 4 N2 - The massacre of thirty-four striking platinum miners on the 16 August 2012 near the village of Marikana in South Africa revealed the collusion of the state, mining capital, and sections of the labor movement. Analysis of the buildup to the killings highlight the way the mining industry systematically ignored evidence of the potential for social conflict as a result of its labor policies over many years. Further, the way in which the killings unfolded and were covered up are evidence that justice was denied to workers and their families. It should provide a sobering reminder of the power of elite alliances and the elite capture of seemingly democratic institutions within the labor movement, even in a post-apartheid South Africa.
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LA - en SN - 1048-2911 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1048291115621085 ID - ref1 ER -