One of South Africa’s largest tertiary institutions, the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in Durban, is a site of multiple controversies, but a near-disaster on Monday deserves more reflection because it points us in a positive direction: away from allying with the Israeli state and its apartheid policies during a time of heightened racism. A representative of [...]
By Daily News Reporter The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) has cancelled a lecture on Monday by Israeli’s deputy ambassador to South Africa, Yaakov Finkelstein. The decision was made by UKZN’s deputy vice-chancellor, Professor Joseph Ayee, on Sunday afternoon after coming under pressure from student organisations and academic staff to cancel Finkelstein’s lecture. “I have reconsidered [...]
As a South African who has lived and suffered under apartheid and spent nearly thirty years of my adult life in its jails for resisting it, I can and do humbly claim to know something about the meaning of apartheid. You do not get to journey as far and as long as I have with [...]
Published by Ali Abunimah at the Electronic Intifada: In a first ever musical collaboration between South Africa and Palestine, South African band, The Mavrix and Palestinian Oud player, Mohammed Omar, have released a music video called “The New Black.” The song is taken from The Mavrix’s upcoming album, Pura Vida, set for release in June. The [...]
BDS South Africa issued the following release (with pamphlets) about the Jewish National Fund and it’s attempt to ‘greenwash’ its racist practices and policies: With COP17, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, taking place in South Africa we’ve been approached by several environmental justice organizations regarding the Jewish National Fund (JNF) and its presence at [...]
The Russell Tribunal on Palestine released the following findings during its November 5-6, 2011 session in Cape Town, South Africa: The Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RToP) is an international citizen-based Tribunal of conscience created in response to the demands of civil society (NGOs, charities, unions, faith-based organisations) to educate public opinion and put pressure on [...]
From PACBI - Occupied Ramallah The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) salutes the South African hip hop performer Iain EWOK Robinson, for his recent decision to cancel his participation in the Hilton Arts Festival. In his letter to the festival organizers, Iain EWOK Robinson noted that “As a signatory of [...]
Professor Angela Davis’ statement to South African students: “The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign that seeks to expose and isolate Israeli apartheid has garnered support all over the world. Given the role that international boycott strategies played in the defeat of South African apartheid, it is fitting that decisive leadership to the international community has [...]
Report by BDS Working Group (SA) Johannesburg’s international airport was put on red alert after its National Key Point status was activated this morning due to the expected arrival of a delegation from Israel. Plans of the delegation’s local host, the South African Union of Jewish Students, to welcome their Israeli “Hasbara” delegation were thwarted, [...]
8 July 2011 COSATU fully endorses the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) calls for a mandatory comprehensive arms embargo against Israel similar to that imposed against apartheid South Africa. While solidarity with the Arab Spring for freedom, democracy and social justice is spreading around the world, many states and corporations continue their [...]