dc.contributor.author |
Buitendag, Nico
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dc.contributor.author |
Coetzer, Neil
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dc.date.accessioned |
2016-04-29T05:51:24Z |
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dc.date.available |
2016-04-29T05:51:24Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2015 |
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dc.description.abstract |
On 16 August 2012, striking miners in Marikana, South Africa were fired
upon by the South African Police Service, resulting in the death of 44
mineworkers. For many the incident has signalled a turning point for the
country. This paper suggests that rather than a turning point, the
tragedy at Marikana is perhaps only the newest instalment in a centurylong
cycle of industrial action and government violence in South Africa's
labour history. Marikana is thus not a turning point, but rather a restatement
of the ineffectiveness of law. The article then attempts a theoretical
analysis of these events, as well as the matter of whether Marikana is a
true event that brings about political and social change. Although many
consider Marikana a "founding myth" for a popular uprising in South
Africa, the article cautiously suggests that it is in fact just "business as
usual". |
en_ZA |
dc.description.department |
Jurisprudence |
en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian |
am2016 |
en_ZA |
dc.description.uri |
http://www.up.ac.za/en/political-sciences/article/19718/strategic-review-for-southern-africa |
en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation |
Buintendag, N & Coetzer, N 2015, 'History as a system of wrongs - examining South Africa's Marikana tragedy in a temporal legal context', Strategic review for Southern Africa, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 94-117. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1013-1108 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52193 |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
University of Pretoria, Department of Political Sciences |
en_ZA |
dc.rights |
Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria |
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dc.subject |
Death |
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dc.subject |
Marikana |
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dc.subject |
Striking miners |
en_ZA |
dc.subject |
South African Police Service (SAPS) |
en_ZA |
dc.title |
History as a system of wrongs - examining South Africa's Marikana tragedy in a temporal legal context |
en_ZA |
dc.type |
Article |
en_ZA |