ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the Marikana Massacre, which took place at Lonmin Platinum Mine in Marikana, near Rustenburg, South Africa on the 16 August 2012. Thirty-four striking mineworkers were killed by the police and at least 78 people were seriously injured. The chapter argue that the massacre is the result of necrocapitalism, a form of political, social and economic power that depends on and produces death. Drawing on photographs made by Greg Marinovich in the immediate aftermath of the massacre, the chapter illuminates how photography can serve as a form of counter-forensic resistance and can be used to contest impunity for state-sanctioned violence.
