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The Spirit of Marikana
Marikana’s workers were active agents in controlling their own destinies in the midst of plutocratic mine-owners and “pocket trade unions.”
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Siphiwe Mbatha, a civic activist in Thembelihle in the Northern Cape, is co-author of The Spirit of Marikana:The Rise of Insurgent Trade Unionism in South Africa.
Marikana’s workers were active agents in controlling their own destinies in the midst of plutocratic mine-owners and “pocket trade unions.”