Category: Post
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Mourning the loss and celebrating the life of the anti-apartheid struggle lawyer, Judge Essa Moosa
27 February 2017 The human rights and Palestine solidarity organization, BDS South Africa, joins fellow South Africans in mourning the passing of Judge Essa Moosa. We share our deepest condolences with the family of Judge Moosa. At the same time we also celebrate the life of Essa Moosa by recognising the incredible contribution he made to the South African…
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ANC official Jessie Duarte to speak at #IsraeliApartheidWeek in North West
PRESS ALERT ANC official Jessie Duarte to speak at #IsraeliApartheidWeek event in the North West 25 February 2017 The Deputy Secretary General of South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress, Cde. Jessie Duarte will speak at this year’s #IsraeliApartheidWeek (IAW). Duarte will give a public lecture on Tuesday 7 March at 17h00 in Klerksdorp…
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Celebrating Oliver Tambo: Advancing the Palestinian Struggle for Self-Determination
– Ribbon Mosholi – ANC International Relations Manager October is very important for the African National Congress (ANC) in this centennial year as it is the month when we remember and celebrate the birthday of President Oliver Reginald Tambo. He not only was the president who served the ANC the longest in the position; but…
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Celebrating Oliver Tambo: Advancing the Palestinian Struggle for Self-Determination
– Ebrahim Ebrahim MP The Parliamentary Advisor to South African President, Jacob Zuma. Former Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation as well as former Chairperson of the ANC’s International Relations Sub Committee. Oliver Reginald Tambo is a name that brings much fondness to us as South Africans and those who struggle for a more…
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13th international Israeli Apartheid Week (6-12 March 2017) Bigger, better, bolder – lets do this! –
03 February 2017 Click here for Zulu version. Click here for Afrikaans version. Join us in making this year’s 13th annual international Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) bigger, better and bolder! IAW is an annual international series of self-organized events (rallies, protests, lectures, cultural performances, concerts, films and workshops) held in over 250 cities, communities and campuses…
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Palestine solidarity group BDS SA marks UN Nazi Holocaust Remembrance Day
27 January 2017 Today the Palestine solidarity and human rights organization BDS South Africa joins millions of people around the world in commemorating the UN International Holocaust Remembrance Day. We as BDS South Africa commemorate this day in recognition that the Nazi Holocaust was a human tragedy of unspeakable proportions. We also pay tribute to…
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SA Students launches “Internationalist” Calendar
27 January 2017 The Palestine solidarity and human rights organization BDS South Africa welcomes the launch of of the “Internationalist Calendar” by the Johannesburg Region of the South African Students Congress (SASCO). The calendar, features images of South Africa’s Oliver Tambo, Palestine’s Leila Khaled, Cuba’s Fidel Castro and former President Nelson Mandela. It also carries…
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Statement by the Embassy of the State of Palestine to South Africa
16 January 2017 The Embassy of the State of Palestine to South Africa notes with concern certain inaccurate media reports about the visit of Mr. Mmusi Maimane, leader of DA, to Israel and the occupied State of Palestine and the allegations of his meetings with the leadership of the Palestinian Authority. The Embassy of the…
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South Africa’s opposition party normalizing Apartheid with Israel
12 January 2017 The Palestine solidarity and human rights organisation BDS South Africa condemns the visit by opposition leader Mmusi Maimane of the Democratic Alliance (DA) to Israel. In 2009, in a 300-page report commissioned by the SA Government, the SA Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) found that Israel is practicing forms of apartheid. Human…
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Celebrating Jewish Anti-Apartheid Icon, Comrade Joe Slovo
06 January 2016 The human rights and Palestine solidarity organization BDS South Africa joins fellow South Africans in commemorating and celebrating anti-apartheid icon, Comrade Joe Slovo. Today is the 22nd anniversary of his death. Joe Slovo (23 May 1926 – 6 January 1995; born Yossel Mashel Slovo) was a long-time leader of the South African…
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On the passing of the former Archbishop of Jerusalem Hilarion Capucci and the loss of the renown English author John Berger
03 January 2017 Long Live Archbishop Hilarion Capucci! The human rights and Palestine solidarity organization BDS South Africa joins millions across the world mourning the loss of the celebrated former Archbishop of Jerusalem, Hilarion Capucci. On Mondaythe Vatican released an official statement confirming his death but did not give any more details. Archbishop Capucci was…
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Hollywood star wins MasterChef & donates prize money to Palestinian Refugees
PRESS STATEMENT: Hollywood star Kal Penn wins MasterChef and donates prize money to UN Agency for Palestinian refugees 04 January 2017 The Palestine solidarity and human rights organisation BDS South Africa welcomes and celebrates the winning by Hollywood actor Kal Penn of the recent Master Chef celebrity showdown. We warmly salute Penn for choosing to donate…
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South African doctors & health providers thanked by Palestinian film director Emad Burnat
14 December 2016 The human rights and Palestine solidarity organization BDS South Africa recently hosted the award winning Palestinian film maker Emad Burnat at movie screenings across the country (click here). While in South Africa Burnat fell very ill needing urgent and serious medical attention. He was also admitted in hospital for emergency surgery. We would…
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BDS SA joins SA Presidency in celebrating life of late Jewish activist Beata Lipman
11 December 2016 It is with sadness that we have heard of the passing of Beata Lipman. Beata Lipman drafted South Africa’s original Freedom Charter in her own handwriting. She also dedicated her life to a better world, protesting and fighting against apartheid in South Africa and human rights abuses across the world. As a…
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MESSAGE FROM DR ALLAN BOESAK TO THE KAIROS BROTHERS AND SISTERS MEETING IN BETHLEHEM, PALESTINE, DECEMBER 8 & 9, 2016
Dear Friends, Sisters and Brothers, I cannot tell you how deeply I regret that my schedule, planned a year ahead, will not allow me to join you in Bethlehem, especially at this crucial time. But I thank you so very much for asking me to send a message, thereby allowing me to yet be a…