＂Marikana Has Come to the Farms!!!＂： An Analysis of the Socio-Economic Impact of the November 2012-January 2013 Farm Workers＇ Strike in the Western Cape  

作　　者：WesselVisser 

机构地区：[1]University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa

出　　处：《History Research》2016年第1期40-54,共15页历史研究（英文版）

摘　　要：In August 2012 a bloody strike broke out at the Marikana platinum mine, close to Rustenburg in the Northwest Province. The strike, involving 3,000 African miners, became violent and police opened fire and killed 34 people. The issue of minimum wages and union recognition, inter alia, were underlying causes of this strike. The much televised Marikana strike had a knock-on effect and a few months later a widespread strike broke out among workers in the agricultural sector of the Western Cape. Large-scale destruction of property and crop damage took place on farms reaching levels of militancy never previously encountered in this sector. As in the case of the Marikana strike the root causes of the strike action in the Western Cape seemed to be the question of minimum wages, and, to a lesser extent, union recognition and other social issues involving political undertones. This article explores the socio-economic causes of the strike and its ramifications for labour and agriculture in the province.

关 键 词：farm workers＇ strike Western Cape De Dooms paternalism labour brokering casual workers agricultural trade unions 

分 类 号：F324.1[经济管理—产业经济] U491[交通运输工程—交通运输规划与管理]