• COSATU General Secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi’s address to Lenasia Rally in solidarity with the people of Gaza

    Posted on February 8, 2009

    Submitted by kole on January 15, 2009 – 9:34am 14th January 2009 – > From our own experience, we know how painful and dehumanising is the system of segregation, otherwise known as apartheid. Apartheid is a system based on the assumption that one group or race is superior to others and therefore has a right […]

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  • S. African Dock Workers Won’t Unload Israeli Goods

    Posted on February 6, 2009

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: February 4, 2009 Filed at 11:33 a.m. ET JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African dock workers won’t unload ships carrying goods from Israel in solidarity with the Palestinians, a union leader said Wednesday. Randall Howard, general secretary of the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union, said it appeared a ship […]

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  • Durban for Palestine via BDS

    Posted on February 5, 2009

    By Bond, Patrick February, 05 2009 Patrick Bond’s ZSpace Page Join ZSpace The decision on February 3 by South African dockworkers to refuse handling of Israeli imports is of enormous importance for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, and will prod more local Durban citizens – including academics and cultural activists – to also […]

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  • Time now to boycott Israel

    Posted on February 4, 2009

    Mercury Eye on Civil Society column, 4 February 2009 South Africa Patrick Bond reports on new pressures to free Palestine *** Yesterday’s decision by dockworkers to boycott the handling of Israeli imports is of enormous importance, and will prod more Durban citizens – including academics and cultural activists – to also raise concerns about institutional […]

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  • South African dockworkers announce ban on Israeli ship

    Posted on February 3, 2009

    Posted by StopTheWall on Tue, 02/03/2009 – 10:15 February 3, 2009 – LINKS – In a historic development for South Africa, South African dock workers have announced their determination not to offload a ship from Israel that is scheduled to dock in Durban on Sunday, February 8, 2009. This follows the decision by COSATU to […]

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