Nqapela, Ntembeko2016-03-072016-03-072016-03-07http://hdl.handle.net/10539/19979University of the Witwatersrand Discipline of Psychology MASTERS RESEARCH REPORTThis study conducted a thematic content analysis qualitative methods approach to explore the perceptions of the “Impact of the 2012 Marikana labour unrest on labour and industrial relations in South Africa”. Perceptions of industrial relations stakeholder role efficacy; causes and consequences of labour-management conflict, intra-union conflict and inter-union conflict are discussed. Economic, political, sociological factors as well as the influence of group dynamics are discussed to frame the impact of the 2012 Marikana incident on labour and industrial relations in South Africa.enMarikana labour unrestStakeholder role efficiencyLabour-management conflictIntra-union conflictLabour relationsInter-union conflictIndustrial relationsNUMAMCUNUMSACOSATUWild-cat strikesTripartite AllianceThesis