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Penguin Random House South Africa

Categories: Biography & Memoir, Local Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Adult
ISBN: 9781770226104
Published: February 2016
Page Extent: 268
Format: e-Book
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,...

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Greg Marinovich

Greg Marinovich

Sales Points* Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu* A powerful exploration of war reporting, to stand alongside the classic Vietnam memoirs of Don McCullin and Jon Swain* Critical acclaim for The Bang-Bang Club:--'a compelling account of what it is like to be a war correspondent in one's own country... [a] superbly told story' Independent on Sunday-- 'a device of searing pain- as painful a loss of innocence as any I have read anywhere- powerful and heartbreaking- Not for the faint-hearted, and not for the beach, The Bang-Bang Club is a must, though' The Times--'This is the most honest account I have read of what it feels like to be a war photographer and what drives such brave, some would say reckless, individuals to risk their lives.' Daily Mail--'What distinguishes this account is its honesty-. A gripping book where emotions are laid bare- [Marinovich and Silva] confront the basic ethical and moral issues which most of us rarely have to think about as we glide along in our conformable Western lives.' Yorkshire Post--'a splendid book, devastating in what it reveals' Archbishop Desmond Tutu

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