Exactly one year on from the launch of a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Woolworths and the retailer continues to earn little respite from pro-Palestinians sympathisers over its stocking of Israeli-imported food products. On Saturday protesters headed the call of BDS SA for a National Day of Action,[…]
Retail giant Woolworths has reportedly been dealt a R7.8-million financial loss over the past year; a result of an on-going Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against the company. The figure is based on an independent research study conducted by Wits University, surveying how the almost year-long boycott has impacted[…]
Former president FW de Klerk, who helped end apartheid, says sanctions against Israel would be “counter-productive”. FW de Klerk told Israel Radio on Sunday that comparisons between apartheid South Africa and Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians are “odious”, and that he prefers “dialogue and negotiation as a way to get[…]
France’s foreign minister on Friday said Paris was “firmly opposed” to any boycott of Israel as a row rages over telecom group Orange’s decision to withdraw its brand from Israel. “Although it is for the president of the Orange group to determine the commercial strategy of the company, France is[…]
To keep up public awareness around the ongoing Woolworths boycott, BDS South Africa has earmarked this Saturday for the monthly National Day of Action. Currently one of the largest boycott campaigns it is directed at forcing Woolworths to terminate all trade links with Apartheid Israel. “Israeli agriculture expo companies are[…]
Sanef on Monday said it was appalled by the Western Cape government’s call for all provincial departments to stop subscribing to the Cape Times. “Sanef finds it appalling that the executive committee of the Western Cape government, led by a former journalist, Ms Helen Zille, interferes at this level in[…]
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[…]
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi on Tuesday said he did not regret boycotting the trade union federation’s central executive committee (CEC) meeting this week, despite rumours he could face suspension again. “Frankly, I don’t care what happens,” he told reporters in Pretoria on the sidelines of a court case involving[…]
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[…]
Representatives of BDS South Africa met with a delegation of Woolworths for the first time on Tuesday at the offices of the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation in Cape Town. The meeting was convened following a recent South Gauteng High Court order, which compelled the company to sit around the[…]
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