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PRESS INVITE: Mandla Mandela to welcome Shashi Naidoo back home today, following Israel blocking her visit to Palestine 26 July 2018 | Nelson Mandela’s grandson and South African Member of Parliament, Chief Mandla Mandela, will welcome South African model and TV personality Shashi Naidoo back home tonight (26 July 2018). This follows Naidoo being blocked entrance to Palestine by…

PRESS RELEASE: Shashi Naidoo barred from seeing Palestine by Israeli authorities 25 July 2018 Well-known South African citizen, model, actress and TV personality, Shashi Naidoo, has been blocked from “seeing for herself” the Israeli oppression against Palestinians. Earlier today Israel prevented Naidoo passage to Palestine. Israeli authorities control access to Palestine and blocked her on the…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…