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Research data: MARIKANA
2019 The killing fields: Marikana and the justice deficit
The Marikana massacre showed the post-apartheid state turning on itself by using state machinery to kill the most vulnerable. Marikana repre...
2015 Marikana: a crisis of legitimacy in the institutions that form the foundations of South Africa's 1994 post-apartheid political settlement
This essay argues that the violent explosion at Marikana is an indication that ordinary South Africans are rapidly losing faith in the democ...
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