Four people were arrested during an anti-Woolworths protest in Claremont Cape Town police said on Sunday. Lt Col Andre Traut said three men and a woman were arrested on Saturday for intimidation, trespassing and contravention of a court order. National Coalition 4 Palestine said four members of Action Forum 4[…]
In a desperate bid to force the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Daff) into issuing interim relief permits for small scale fishing, a group of fishermen stormed the department’s offices, essentially bringing operations to a standstill. Headed by Coastal Link South Africa and the Masifundise Development Trust, the group[…]
At least four protesters have been killed and scores of others injured in the Egyptian capital as thousands took to the streets of Cairo against the government of President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi, heeding to a call by the opposition Salafist Front. The protesters were killed after security forces opened fire[…]
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 DA would never enter into a deal that jeopardised its mandate, the party’s leader Helen Zille vowed on Thursday, during a protest on the steps of Parliament. “When [Deputy President] Cyril Ramaphosa says a deal was done — the DA would never, and has never, and will never, enter[…]
Violent confrontations between Palestinians and the Israeli police have erupted in Qalandiya in the occupied West Bank despite a move by Israel to ease tensions over al-Aqsa Mosque. Israeli police have been firing tear gas and stun grenades at the protesters who are throwing stones. Friday’s violence in Qalandiya follows[…]
After a short-lived apology last week, the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) have vowed to continue their pig head campaign. Members stood outside Woolworths headquarters in Cape Town on Tuesday, with seven pig heads ready to place at its stores, while police guarded the entrance to the company. Two[…]
The ANC on Friday expressed concern at the action by Cosas members who placed a pig’s head in the meat section of a Woolworths store in protest against trade relations with Israel “The placing of pigs’ heads, in violation of the religious beliefs of certain sections of our population, is[…]
While 60 pro-Palestinian activists were arrested and detained in Johannesburg on Saturday, another 13 demonstrators were locked in at Woolworths in Blue Route Mall in Tokai for similar protest action. The group were participating in the National Day of Action against Woolworths, which forms part of a national boycott against the[…]
Members of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, have stood alongside hundreds of Palestinians in a peaceful protest outside the Lion’s gate of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem. Wednesday’s gathering was called to protest against the rules and restrictions imposed by the Israeli government on Palestinians wishing to enter[…]
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