1. The Marikana Massacre: Repair and Corporate Accountability 10 Years On
- Author:
- Malose Langa, Hugo van der Merwe, Modiege Merafe, and Jordi Vives-Gabriel
- Publication Date:
- 07-2022
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR)
- Abstract:
- This report focuses on the process of corporate redress in response to the Marikana Massacre, which occurred on 16 August 2012. The study sought to examine the various forms of reparations that have been provided to victims by the mining company and to understand this process in the context of other processes of justice and repair to address the consequences of conflict and violence. As such, this report forms part of a broader international study on the role of corporate actors in transitional justice processes.1 The report provides a brief description of the events in Marikana against the backdrop of the history of mining in apartheid South Africa and the subsequent transition to democracy. It frames the causes of the massacre as embedded in the unresolved transition and South Africa’s failure to confront the legacy of exploitation and repression in the mining sector. It also seeks to unpack the various initiatives undertaken in response to the massacre, focusing particularly on the measures to address the needs of injured and arrested mineworkers as well as the families of those who were killed.
- Topic:
- Torture, Criminal Justice, State Violence, Police, Reconciliation, and Corporate Accountability
- Political Geography:
- Africa and South Africa