Woolworths are being investigated by the National Consumer Commission (NCC) over complaints that the popular retailer may be falsely labelling Israeli products in its stores. The complaints are believed to have been lodged to both the NCC and Woolworths itself by everyday consumers, as well as shareholders in the company.[…]
Palestine solidarity organisation BDS South Africa will be meeting Woolworths workers currently engaged in a protected labour strike since Monday. Over 700 workers at the Woolworths Johannesburg Distribution Centre are currently engaged in a legal labour strike since Monday. According to union representatives, various operations at the Woolworths distribution centre[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
In a last-ditch attempt to stop pro-Palestine activists from pressing with protest action, organizers of the upcoming Pharrell Williams Woolworths concerts have launched an urgent application at the Cape High Court trying to prevent #BoycottWoolworths protests against the US musician and his collaboration with Woolworths. According to the Boycott Divestment and[…]
While Woolworths has been lauded for its decision to appoint a black female as its CEO, it seems the move has also raised eyebrows. On Wednesday, the retail company announced it had appointed Cape Town born Zyda Rylands as its new CEO. Rylands will take responsibility for the entire food[…]
Local retailer Woolworths has sent a legal letter to BDS South Africa threatening to take the organization to court if it continues to protest at its stores. Pickets during the National Day of Action on Saturday turned tense when Woolworths allegedly called police to several branches in a bid to[…]
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,[…]
Pro-Palestinian supporters will flock to various Woolworths stores around the country for the month National Day of Action, a campaign aimed at drawing attention to a national boycott of the retailer every month end. In August 2014, a call for the complete boycott of Woolworths until it ends its Israeli[…]
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