by Daniel Krähmer | Aug 21, 2012
AS IS always the case under these circumstances, there is no shortage of explanations — “scientific”, “academic” or otherwise — for the conflict that led to the deaths of 44 people at the Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana, in North West. Given...
by Daniel Krähmer | Aug 23, 2012
In July 1981, 1,700 workers at the Penge asbestos mine in the Northwestern Transvaal struck after a bitter, two year struggle for recognition by the Black Allied Mine and Construction Workers Union. After four days, the mine owners fired all of the workers, who then...
by Daniel Krähmer | Aug 23, 2012
The groundWork team Almost a week after the Marikana Massacre and in the midst of a week of mourning for those who were tragically killed at the Lonmin mine, the groundWork team sends their condolences to the families of the deceased and reflects on what this series...