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International Labor & Workers

The Class War, Trump's Tariff & the Working Class in Namibia & South Africa

Namibian Miners Are Demanding Living Wages & Are Facing Contracting Out

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Date:

Saturday, October 04, 2025

Time:

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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Class/Workshop

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WorkWeek

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By Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89661564915?pwd=X7CqtPazY8p8ux42dcgsk6dxLBU1Ca.1

10/4/25 International Panel & Discussion: The Class War, Trump's Tariff & The Working Class In Namibia & South Africa

Speakers:

George Martin, Rossing Branch Secretary of Fired Rössing Executive Branch Of The Mineworkers Union Of Namibia (NUM)
Marcia Kauatjitotje, NWU Husab Mine Eagle Nightwatch MASWU Fired Lourens Ricarto Soroseb, Namibian Haseb mine Security Workers Union Fired For Union Organizing At Husab Mine
Mametlwe Sebei, GIWUSA General Industrial Workers Union, Workers Socialist Party South Africa

The growing world economic crisis, wars and Trump’s tariffs are having devastating results in South Africa and Namibia. At the same time the massive privatization of public services and frontal union busting attacks on workers in Namibia and South Africa are intensifying.

Join General Industrial Workers Union of South Africa president Mametlwe Sebei and Namibian miners and trade unionists from the Rossing and Husab uranium mines in Namibia who will speak about the ongoing struggle.

Workers are again facing apartheid conditions and being forced into contract labor the system that operated under apartheid in South Africa and Namibia which was a colony of South Africa under the apartheid regime.

They will also report on their work to defend their fellow union members and also discuss the linking up of this struggle with workers in the United States and around the world.

Saturday September 13, 2025 9 AM PST/11 AM CST/ 12PM EST 6:00 PM South African/Namibian Time

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Sponsored By Namibian Workers United, WorkWeek and UFCLP
labormedia1 [at] gmail.com
http://www.ufclp.org

Additional Info:

International Labor Solidarity Committee For The Namibian Miners
https://ilscnamibia.wordpress.com
https://www.facebook.com/ILSCNamibianMiners
ilscnamibia [at] gmail.com

For more information: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89661564915?pwd=...

Added to the calendar on Tue, Sep 30, 2025 10:51AM

§Rehire Namibia Rossing Mine Fired Union Leader

by WorkWeek

Tue, Sep 30, 2025 10:51AM

Mine Workers Union Of Namibia Rossing Mine Leaders Were Fired For Defending Workers

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The Chinese National Nuclear Corporation CNNC took over the Namibia Rossing mine in 2019 and proceeded to fire the entire union leadership of the mine. They have now contracted out much of the work to workers without any union representation. The Rossing Miners are still fighting for their jobs back.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89661564915?pwd=...

§Namibia Husab Miners Demanding Justice

by WorkWeek

Tue, Sep 30, 2025 10:51AM

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The Namibian Husab uranium mine is the second largest in the world and its union workers and subcontractors are under attack. Many workers do not have workers compensation and the company refuses to provide healthcare when they are injured or sickened as a result of working in the uranium mine. There is a massive union busting drive going on in Namibia and South Africa through pushing the use of contract labor which dominated during the period of apartheid South Africa.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89661564915?pwd=...

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