Category: Post
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PRESS ALERT: World’s youngest journalist (12 years) on South African Tour
11 July 2018 12-year-old Janna Jihad from Palestine, one of the youngest officially registered journalists in the world, is currently on tour in South Africa. Jihad, who started her journalism at the age of 7, following the Israeli killing of her two family members, is in the country to participate in the Nelson Mandela…
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Statement from Press Conference with TV Personality Shashi Naidoo
MEDIA RELEASE – Statement from today’s Press Conference with TV personality and model Shashi Naidoo 20 June 2018 [Below is the press statement delivered by BDS South Africa at today’s press conference with TV personality and model Shashi Naidoo, Dudu Masango (South African Churches) and Professor Farid Esack (BDS South Africa). Click here to watch the entire…
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INVITE – Media conference with SA celebrity Shashi Naidoo
PRESS INVITE – Media Conference with South African celebrity Shashi Naidoo 19 July 2018 The human rights and Palestine solidarity organisation BDS South Africa, together with our other partners, will be holding a press conference with South African celebrity, super model and TV personality, Shashi Naidoo, to relay the outcome of a meeting that we…
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Joburg Mayor suspends city official over attendance at Israel event
PRESS STAEMENT Mayor of Joburg suspends senior city official over her attendance at anti-BDS Israel event 12 June 2018 Earlier this morning Mayor of Johannesburg, Herman Mashaba, suspended senior city official, MMC of Health, Mpho Phalatse, over her participation at a pro-Israeli anti-BDS event on Sunday 10 June 2018. The event, organised by the local Israeli…
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ANC CONDEMNS MMC PHALATSE’S ISRAEL UTTERANCES
For Immediate Release 11 June 2018 ANC IN JOHANNESBURG CONDEMNS MMC PHALATSE’S ISRAEL SOLIDARITY UTTERANCES The ANC in the City of Johannesburg has noted the recent activities at the Johannesburg City Hall where the MMC for Health in the City of Johannesburg, councilor Mpho Phalatse falsely reaffirmed the City’s solidarity with Israel. We strongly condemn…
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Protest in Nelspruit for slain 21 year old Palestinian nurse killed by Israeli snipers
PRESS ALERT: Protest in Nelspruit for slain 21 year old Palestinian nurse killed by Israeli snipers 07 June 2018 21 year old Palestinian nurse, Razan Najjar, was shot dead by an Israeli sniper this past Friday 01 June 2018 (click here for a CNN article). Najjar, who had both her arms up in the air and was…
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Bo-kaap “boeka” for Palestine
Join us for iftaar (the breaking of the fast) and Magrieb prayers in Bo-Kaap on Friday 8 June 2018 (in Wale Street). Bring along food and your own prayer mats.
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Argentina cancels pre World Cup soccer match with Israel
PRESS STATEMENT: Argentina cancels World Cup warm up match with Israel 06 June 2018 The human rights and Palestine solidarity organisation, BDS South Africa, joins Palestinians, our progressive Jewish Israeli allies, fellow South Africans and peace loving peoples of the world in welcoming the cancellation by the Argentinian football team, led by Barcelona FC’s Lionel Messi, of their…
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Durban Protest against Israeli Apartheid (2 June, 1pm)
PRESS ALERT: Protest in Durban against Israeli Apartheid (2 June, 1pm) 31 May 2018 Members of the public and media are invited to the Palestine solidarity protest against Israeli Apartheid taking place this Saturday (2 June 2018) in Durban. The protest will start at 1pm at the corner of Dr RD Naidu and Alpine Road and…
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South Africa withdraws Israel Ambassador with “immediate effect”
14 May 2018 The human rights and Palestine solidarity organization BDS South Africa joins fellow South Africans in welcoming the South African government’s withdrawal of our Ambassador in Israel “with immediate effect”. Earlier this evening South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) issued a media release stating: “The South African government condemns in the…
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BDS leader to be awarded national order by President of South Africa
PRESS STATEMENT: BDS leader to be awarded national order by South African President 23 April 2018 The human rights and Palestine solidarity organization, BDS South Africa, warmly welcomes the announcement that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will bestow the Order of Luthuli (Silver) to the Chairperson of our Board, Professor Farid Esack, for “his brilliant contribution…
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30 year old Palestinian Photo-Journalist Shot and Killed by Israeli Snipers
07 April 2018 | Yesterday, Friday 6th April, Israeli snipers shot and killed 30 year old Palestinian photo journalist Yaser Murtaja (click here for news article). Murtaja was hit despite wearing a blue flak jacket marked with the word “press”, discerning him as a journalist (click here for photo, warning graphic content). Murtaja was born in the Palestinian…
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DJ Black Coffee crosses the boycott picket line AGAIN
02 April 2018 The human rights and Palestine solidarity organisation BDS South Africa joins fellow South Africans in expressing our disappointment in DJ Black Coffee’s decision to, once again, perform in Tel Aviv in violation of the cultural boycott of Israel (click here for ENCA news article). Earlier today, on Monday 02 April, Black Coffee was trending…
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This is horrific, 16 shot dead including a teenager, 1500 injured
IMAGE: One of the first Palestinians killed by Israel yesterday was 26 year old Amro Samour seen above with his father. 31 March 2018 Yesterday 30 March 2018, on Good Friday, thousands of Palestinians gathered, un-armed, at a nonviolent and peaceful protest, dubbed the #GreatReturnMarch, when Israeli snipers started shooting at the gathering, turning…