Marikana & Capital Preservation
16 August 2012
Cyril Ramaphosa: founding NUM union secretary → ANC negotiator → billionaire Lonmin board member via Shanduka. During the 2012 Lonmin wildcat strike he emailed authorities calling it 'dastardly criminal' and urging 'concomitant action.' The next day police killed 34 miners (Farlam Commission).
The enforcement endpoint of the managed handover: corporate ownership of the platinum floor protected against its own labour force after democracy. A systemic imperative of capital self-preservation — no single orchestrator named.
Also in The Forge
De Beers / The Diamond CartelSupply-Managed Reality, ProductisedThe Oppenheimer DynastyErnest → Harry → Nicky (NOT Joseph Süss)Anglo American plcThe Vehicle of ContinuityRhodes Trust & the Recruitment FunnelDiamond Money → the Policy NetworkMells Park & the Managed HandoverA Mining House Brokered the ExitJan SmutsBoer General → Round Table → UN Preamble