The Boycott Divestment and South African Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS SA) movement has brushed off claims that it was advocating anti-semitism, in the midst of an uproar over its protests held recently. “This is absolute nonsense, that the BDS is spreading anti-semitism in South Africa. If anything the Palestinian[…]
Representatives from the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions South Africa (BDS SA) have hailed the response of South Africans, to what is being described as the most successful Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) to date. The 2015 campaign, which came to a conclusion on Sunday, was endorsed by more than 85 organizations. There[…]
The children and relatives of anti-apartheid stalwarts, veterans and icons have come out in support of the 11th Israel Apartheid Week (IAW), they said on Sunday. “As children, grandchildren and relatives of anti-apartheid stalwarts, veterans of our country’s freedom struggle, we have a responsibility to carry forward the spirit of[…]
Israel Apartheid Week (IAW) is a week which, under the guise of human rights activism, provides an opportunity for the hatred of Israel to flourish, the SA Jewish Board of Deputies said on Sunday. “It is also here that the line between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism blur,” spokeswoman Charisse Zeifert said[…]
The 11th International Apartheid Week (IAW) is set to kick off next week with the hopes of bringing further light to the oppression suffered by Palestinians at the hands of and under the Israeli Apartheid regime. The campaign seeks to raise awareness amongst those not yet in the know of[…]
“When a people are oppressed, they should resist with all of the resources available to them.” These were the words of famous Palestinian freedom fighter Leila Khaled addressing journalists at a press conference in Spin Street, as part of the Cape Town leg of her South African tour. Khaled and[…]
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement of South Africa aims says it will be “the bigger person” in the ongoing conflict between the group and Woolworths South Africa. This, according to spokesperson Mohammed Desai, who was present when the South Gauteng High Court on Tuesday ordered the BDS and Woolworths[…]
Pro-Palestine activists have been banned from protesting in Woolworths stores, the High Court in Johannesburg ruled on Tuesday. The order prevents members of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions SA (BDS SA) from organising, co-ordinating or encouraging any form of protest action in the stores. It also orders representatives of the two[…]
The South Gauteng High Court has ordered Woolworths and BDS South Africa to meet “face to face” on or before the 10th of December in an attempt to settle the ongoing dispute over the national boycott against the company. The management of Woolworths has thusfar refused to meet with BDS[…]
As Woolworths faces public pressure ahead of its Annual General Meeting AGM this week, local Palestine solidarity organisations have upped the ante in their boycott campaign against the retailer. On Monday, the National Coalition for Palestine (NC4P) and a number of civil society organisations held a joint media briefing where[…]
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