Penguin Random House South Africa

Categories: Biography & Memoir, Local Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Adult
ISBN: 9781770226111
Published: February 2016
Page Extent: 268
Format: PDF
RRP 220.00

Murder at Small Koppie

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The killing of thirty-four miners by police at Marikana in August 2012 was the largest massacre of civilians in South Africa since Sharpeville. The events have been covered in newspaper articles, on TV news and in a commission of inquiry, but there is still confusion about what happened on that fateful day.
In Murder at Small Koppie, renowned photojournalist Greg Marinovich explores the truth behind the Marikana massacre. He investigates the shootings near Wonderkop hill, which happened in view of the media, as well as the killings that happened beyond the view of cameras at a nondescript collection of boulders known as Small Koppie, some 300 metres away. Many of the men killed here were shot in cold blood at close range.
Drawing on his own meticulous research,...

About the Author

Greg Marinovich

Greg Marinovich

Greg Marinovich is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, filmmaker and author. He was a member of the Bang-Bang Club, and co-author of The Bang-Bang Club: Snapshots of a Hidden War, about South Africa's transition to democracy. His most recent book, Murder at Small Koppie: The Truth Behind the Marikana Massacre, won the 2017 Alan Paton Award. He has spent 25 years covering conflict around the globe, his writing and photographs appearing in magazines and newspapers worldwide. Marinovich was editor-in-chief of the Twenty Ten project, tutoring and managing over 100 African journalists' work in all forms of media. He was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University in 2013/14 and teaches visual journalism at Boston University's journalism school and at Harvard University.

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