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Andreas Tadysiak, the main coordinator of the International Miners' Coordination writes to MACUA (Mining Affected Communities United in Action):

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Published: Monday, 27 January 2025 22:26
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Dear friends of MACUA, miners and their families, It is with great joy that we have learned that the rescue of the miners in Stilfontein has finally been fought for. Congratulations to all who contributed to this. At the same time, we are angry and shocked by the hundreds of uncounted dead and the terrible condition of those rescued. I am Andreas Tadysiak, a former underground coal miner with almost 40 years of professional experience and a trade union member.

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Letter of protest to the South African government

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Published: Monday, 27 January 2025 21:31
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Dear Mr President, We miners' wives in the Courage/Germany Women's Association protest in the strongest possible terms that you and your government are deliberately accepting the deaths of the trapped miners of Stilfontein. The starvation of the miners by the police is murder in our eyes.We call on you and your government to do everything in your power to ensure that the trapped miners of Shaft 11 are freed immediately and that help is allowed in without delay.

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Solidarity letter to miners of Stilfontain and their families

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Published: Monday, 27 January 2025 20:14
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Dear women, families of the miners of Stilfontein. We were horrified to read that the South African government is deliberately and inhumanely accepting the death of your husbands and sons.We are with you with all our hearts and you have our fullest solidarity. We mourn with you the miners who have already died. For us this is murder and the murderers are the police and the South African government who are keeping your men and sons trapped in the mines without food and water.

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South Africa: Marikana's latest statement on the mass murder in Stilfontein

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Published: Tuesday, 21 January 2025 19:22
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We denounce the premeditated mass murder of at least 109 miners by the government of South Africa!

The whole world has watched as half-starved and dead miners have been recovered from the Stilfontein mine near Johannesburg. The South African government, namely President Cyril Ramaphosa, state ministries and the police are responsible for this!

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Appeal for donations: 5000 euros to support the miners' struggle in Chiatura, Georgia!

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Published: Thursday, 09 January 2025 18:33
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On 1 November, immediately after the elections in Georgia, the manganese mines in Chiatura were closed down, while the open-cast mining of various cooperatives was not stopped. Around 3,000 miners and 2,000 metalworkers from the group ‘Georgian Managanese Ltd’ were locked out and asked to accept a 40-60% pay cut, which they rightly refused to do.

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greetings from georgia on barbara day

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Published: Saturday, 21 December 2024 15:02
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Sending the congratulation letter for today. "Today, the Orthodox Church celebrates the day of St. Barbara, in our country she is known as the patroness of children.
A little further west, she has a more practical meaning - she is the protector of miners and steelworkers.

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South Africa: This message was sent to us by the board of ‘Marikana’

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Published: Tuesday, 17 December 2024 14:26
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Dear friends, we have just learnt of a crime currently being committed by the South African government against thousands of informal miners. It's hard to believe, so here are a few sources.  We will of course also organise solidarity from Marikana. Unfortunately, we hear nothing about protests against the state-organised fascist agitation and violence against the migrants.

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