In August 2012 the South African police - at the encouragement of mining capital, and with the support of the political state - intervened to end a week-long st

On 16 August 2012, the world looked on in horror as South African police gunned down striking mine workers at Marikana, leaving thirty-four dead and many more w

An award-winning investigation that has been called the most important piece of journalism in post-apartheid South Africa, Murder at Small Koppie delves into th

A comprehensive examination of the contemporary mineworkers' movement in South Africa, in a vivid ethnographic narrative.

Dubbed the "Marikana Massacre," the Marikana miners’ strike was the single most lethal use of force by South African security forces against civilians since t