My name is Ronnie Kasrils. I am a former Minister in the South African Government having served under both President Nelson Mandela and President Thabo Mbeki in the period 1994-2008. I was active in South Africa’s liberation struggle from 1960 and as a political exile supported the BDS campaig
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Letter of Complaint The Alternative Information Center (AIC) is writing to express concern that the state of Israel is seemingly acting in a manner that undermines the values of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) and to request that an inquiry be initiated in this matter. The AIC is concerned tha
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Attention: OGP Steering Committee and Support Unit We are writing to you as PASSOP (People Against Suffering Oppression and Poverty). We are a civil society non-governmental and non-profit organisation based in South Africa that has been involved with the OGP at both a national and international lev
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To All Media Democratic Alliance’s Herman Mashaba appoints pro-Israel, pro-AfriForum & pro-monopoly capitalist as MMC for Finance in City of Joburg Tuesday 30 August 2016 The ANC in Greater Johannesburg is concerned and disturbed by Herman Mashaba’s choice of MMCs (Members of the Mayoral
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Our friends from the SA Jews for Palestine (SAJFP) are hosting a visiting delegation of Palestinian activists from various organizations including Adalah, Zochrot, ADRID and Badil. Here are some of the upcoming events: GROUP OF SOUTH AFRICAN JEWS APOLOGIZE TO DISPLACED PALESTINIANS In 1948 Is
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ABOVE IMAGE: Archbishop Tutu with President Carter and other Elders at the gravesite of Bassem Abu Rahme, a Palestinian youth killed by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank village of Bil’in. Below is a letter of well wishes to Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu from Emad Burnat, the Palest
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24 August 2016 The Ex-Political Prisoners’ Association of South Africa (EPPA) and the human rights and Palestine solidarity organization BDS South Africa joins the international community in demanding that Israel releases the Palestinian hunger striker Bilal Kayed and all Palestinian political
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— 19 AUGUST 2016 — NC4P MEDIA RELEASE #BoycottWoolworths campaign ends on 2nd anniversary following various achievements This morning activists and organisers have announced an end to the two year long #BoycottWoolworths campaign. The #BoycottWoolworths campaign was launched in August 20
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The Palestine solidarity and human rights organisation BDS South Africa has joined the international campaign calling on FIFA to “red card” Israeli settlement teams. The call has been backed by over 150 000 signatories on an online Avaaz petition with various organisations now being approached t
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Sean Jacobs, editor of Africa is a Country and co-editor of “Apartheid Israel: The Politics of an Analogy” together with Aubrey Bloomfield of the New School in New York City have written that: “This may be the year in which sport, especially soccer, emerges as the next frontier i
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