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  • PRESS STATEMENT: South Africans hold Palestine protest

    PRESS STATEMENT: South Africans hold Palestine protest

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    14 August 2020 The human rights organisation, #Africa4Palestine, held a protest today at the Israeli Embassy (Sandton office) condemning the UAE-Israel-USA deal and calling for Israel to release the illegally imprisoned Palestinian activist, Mahmoud Nawajaa.. Observing strict social distancing guidelines, members of #Africa4Palestine, the South African Communist Party, Swaziland Solidarity Network and trade union NEHAWU…

  • #Africa4Palestine to lay a complaint with Judicial Service Commission regarding Chief Justice Mogoeng

    #Africa4Palestine to lay a complaint with Judicial Service Commission regarding Chief Justice Mogoeng

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    The human rights organization #Africa4Palestine is to lay a complaint with South Africa’s Judicial Service Commission against the recent utterances made by the South African Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng in support of the Israeli Apartheid regime. Africa4Palestine is in the process of consulting with its legal advisors, following Mogoeng’s criticism of South Africa’s foreign policy…

  • Love and strength to Kwara Kekana ❤️

    Love and strength to Kwara Kekana ❤️

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    PRESS STATEMENT: Love and strength to Kwara Kekana ❤️ 10 June 2020 We at the #Africa4Palestine team send our love and strength to our dear Board Member, Kwara Kekana. Kekana contracted Covid-19 a few days ago and is currently in self isolation. She will be in quarantine for the next 2 weeks. We send out…

  • Jewish Liberation Giant Denis Goldberg Passes Away

    Jewish Liberation Giant Denis Goldberg Passes Away

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    30 April 2020 The human rights organization, Africa4Palestine (formerly BDS South Africa), joins fellow South Africans, Africans, the people of Palestine and peoples of the world in mourning the loss of the Jewish anti-apartheid and liberation-struggle icon, Cde Denis Goldberg.  Comrade Goldberg, who was sentenced along with Nelson Mandela in the famous Rivonia Trial, passed…

  • Palestine events on African continent put on hold due to Coronavirus

    Palestine events on African continent put on hold due to Coronavirus

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    The human rights and Palestine solidarity organization, Africa for Palestine (formerly BDS South Africa), has made a difficult decision to cancel several of its planned public events for the next 30 days amidst the spread of the Coronavirus.  This measure is taken in line with the position adopted by several African government’s to discourage large…

  • BDS SA expands into Africa, rebrands to become “Africa for Palestine”

    BDS SA expands into Africa, rebrands to become “Africa for Palestine”

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    12 March 2020 Following our recent office opening by the Mayor of Johannesburg and an incredible decade of BDS victories in South Africa, the South African human rights and Palestine solidarity organisation, BDS South Africa, after a consultation with several of our partners in South Africa and on the African continent, will be rebranding and…

  • Civil Society meets South Africa’s Foreign Minister

    Civil Society meets South Africa’s Foreign Minister

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    PRESS STATEMENT: South Africa Civil Society meets Foreign Minister over Israel-Palestine 15 February 2020 Members of South African civil society met yesterday with South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Minister Naledi Pandor, to handover a memorandum. Organisations present expressed appreciation to the Minister and our president, Cde Cyril Ramaphosa, for their firm stance…

  • Cyril Ramaphosa – Newly Elected Chairperson of  African Union slams Apartheid Deal

    Cyril Ramaphosa – Newly Elected Chairperson of African Union slams Apartheid Deal

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    JOINT PRESS STATEMENT: Cyril Ramaphosa – Newly Elected Chairperson of African Union slams Apartheid deal The National Coalition for Palestine (NC4P), Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) and BDS South Africa welcome the speech delivered by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa, . Addressing the AU, as the newly elected…

  • Civil Society to protest ahead of State of the Nation Address (SONA)

    Civil Society to protest ahead of State of the Nation Address (SONA)

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    PRESS INVITE: South African Civil Society to protest ahead of Ramaphosa’s upcoming State of the Nation Address (SONA) South African civil society will hold a Palestine solidarity protest ahead of the upcoming State of the Nation Address (SONA) to be delivered by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. The picket is in support of the South African government’s…

  • South Africans join rejection of Trump’s US-Israel plan

    South Africans join rejection of Trump’s US-Israel plan

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    PRESS STATEMENT: South Africans join international community in rejecting Trump’s US-Israel plan 28 January 2020 Imagine that during the 1980s, the then US President Ronald Reagan, appearing on TV with the then Prime Minister of Apartheid South Africa, PW Botha. During their press conference, Reagan announces that he has a plan for Apartheid. The plan, which…

  • PRESS ALERT: Ebenezer Bible Church hosts Prayer Vigil

    PRESS ALERT: Ebenezer Bible Church hosts Prayer Vigil

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    PRESS ALERT: Ebenezer Bible Church hosts Prayer Vigil 29 November 2019 The human rights and Palestine solidarity organisation, BDS South Africa invites our members and supporters to join today’s prayer vigil hosted at the Ebenezer Bible Church in Johannesburg. The vigil, taking place between 18h00 and 20h00 at Plot 32 in Randfontein, will include a night…

  • South African students condemn violence against Canadian students

    South African students condemn violence against Canadian students

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    JOINT PRESS STATEMENT: South African students condemn violence against Canadian students 24 November 2019 The South African human rights NGO, BDS South Africa, together with the South African Union of Students (SAUS) condemns  the recent violence against human rights defenders at York University in Canada. SAUS is the primary union representing student government bodies at institutions…

  • A South African King & Friend of Palestine has Fallen

    A South African King & Friend of Palestine has Fallen

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    PRESS STATEMENT: A South African King and Friend of Palestine has Fallen 15 November 2019 The independent South African human rights and Palestine solidarity NGO, BDS South Africa, joins fellow South Africans in mourning the passing of the AmaXhosa King, His Majesty King Mpendulo Calvin Sigcau, Aah Zwelonke! King Sigcau was a close ally and friend…

  • Bolivia’s Evo Morales receives support from ANC, BDS SA, COSATU, SACP & Other South African Organizations

    Bolivia’s Evo Morales receives support from ANC, BDS SA, COSATU, SACP & Other South African Organizations

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    JOINT PRESS STATEMENT: Bolivia’s Evo Morales receives support from ANC, BDS SA, COSATU, SACP & Other South African Organizations 13 November 2019 BDS SA, COSATU, SACP, SSN, FOCUS-SA and others join South Africa’s ruling party, the ANC, in pledging solidarity with the Nelson Mandela of Latin America, President Evo Morales of Bolivia. Over the weekend, in a…

  • Update on campaign against Israeli take over of Clover Dairies

    Update on campaign against Israeli take over of Clover Dairies

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    PRESS STATEMENT: Update on campaign against Israeli take over of Clover Dairies 06 November 2019 In keeping with our previous public statements on the matter, the independent South African human rights and Palestine solidarity NGO, BDS South Africa, embarked on a series of consultations with our partner organisations and several community representative bodies to discuss the…