This is the second article in a series that will look at various BDS movements from around the world and the campaigns that these movements focus on. The English town of Brighton is a picturesque seaside resort town, far away from the chaos of London city’s life. It’s not a[…]
This is the first part in a series of articles that will look at various BDS movements from around the world and the campaigns that these movements focus on. While the word “BDS” has become somewhat of a buzzword in South Africa since last year’s catastrophic war on Gaza, very[…]
While a large crowd of supporters turned out at the Pharrell Williams protest outside Grand West on Monday, the number was not nearly as close as the 60 000 people BDS South Africa anticipated in the lead up to the day. Nevertheless, supporters donned their Palestinian colours of red, black,[…]
Hundreds of protesters waved Palestinian flags near the entrance of GrandWest Casino on Monday in the build-up to Grammy Award-winning artist Pharrell Williams’s concert. The protest was given the green light after BDS South Africa scored a victory on Saturday when a High Court application, aimed at preventing them from[…]
Crowds are growing outside Grand West in Goodwood as pro-Palestinian supporters gather to show their displeasure at US musician, Pharrell Williams and his collaboration with retail outlet Woolworths. The protest is organised by BDS SA and is expected to draw numbers well into the thousands. As the protest ensued on[…]
BDS campaigner Muhammad Desai has told News24 why the movement has targeted Woolworths, as it gears up for the “biggest protest against an artist since apartheid”. The BDS South Africa movement won the right to protest a Pharrell Williams concert in Cape Town last week – 16 000 protesters are[…]
“Go to Hell, Pharrell!!” is how Twitter user @beelah_eb_1 summed up the attitude of pro-Palestinian supporters ahead of a plan BDS protest outside Grand West this evening. U.S. musician, Pharrell Williams is expected to face a stormy reception to a one-off tour hosted by local retailer, Woolworths with BDS boldly[…]
A planned protest action outside the concert of U.S. singer-songwriter, Pharrell Williams is gaining traction amongst organisations sympathetic to the Palestinian cause. The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) and the Al Quds Foundation of South Africa has now given its full backing to the BDS protest, which is scheduled to take[…]
Activists from the pro-Palestine solidarity movement have welcomed the withdrawal of a court application against the upcoming protest at the Pharrell Williams concert in partnership with Woolworths. Organisers of the concert at Grand West Arena were seeking an urgent interdict against the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement in South Africa[…]
A coalition of Palestine solidarity activists involved in the on-going Woolworths boycott have instructed their lawyers to oppose an interdict sought by Grand West Casino attempting to halt a planned protest at the upcoming Pharell Williams concert. On Wednesday, BDS held a press conference stating that the protest will go[…]
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