The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has hailed the decision of South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) Parliamentary Caucus to sign an agreement with Hamas. BDS welcomed the...

As has been elucidated by many people – including my colleague Ben White in one of his excellent books, and myself in this column – Israel is an apartheid...

Pressure from Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activists has led South Africa’s University of Stellenbosch to withdraw invitations for Israeli academics to attend a major conference, it was reported...

In the field of medicine, we often speak of the social determinants of health. In Palestine, not only social, but political determinants of health have a grave impact on...

I have just been to Soweto in South Africa, where I was surprised by how well-versed people are about what happened to journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi Arabian...

I wish to express my support for the two students who refused to stand to attention as their school choir sang Hatikva – the Israeli national anthem. Instead, as the...

Disciplinary action is being taken against two Jewish students in South Africa who kneeled down while the Israeli anthem played instead of standing in a display of support for...

The Chief Executive Officer of the state-owned Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI), Andreas Schwer, stated that Saudi Arabia is holding talks with South Africa’s largest arms manufacturer and is considering buying...

South Africa’s proactive foreign policy often punches way above its weight. It draws its confidence from the country’s political history and what many still refer to as a “political...

The South African ambassador returned to Israel this weekend, four months after he was recalled in protest at Israel’s killing of Palestinian protesters in the Gaza Strip. According to...

The newly-elected president of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), Zingiswa Losi, has called on the South African government to downgrade its relations with Israel, the Afro-Palestine...

Palestinian solidarity groups in South Africa have welcomed the decision by music duo Black Motion not to perform in Israel. The pair were due to take part in the...

Palestinian Union of Muslim Scholars mourns the death of Moulana Sheikh Ihsaan Hendricks, the anti-apartheid activist who died on Friday in Cape Town. In a statement, the Palestinian Union...

The prominent South African scholar Mawlana Shaykh Ihsaan Hendricks al-Nadwi passed away on Friday night at the age of 54 years after a lengthy illness. International human rights and...

Palestinian teen, Ahed Tamimi, released from Israeli prison

A South African model, who has given her backing to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, is the latest celebrity to be banned from entering Palestine by Israeli...

The Zionist movement has always been a schizophrenic one. The mainstream ruling factions of the movement, and later of the state of Israel, once claimed to be “socialist” in...

South Africa has rejected Saudi and UAE pressure to severe relations with Qatar, Al-Khaleej Online reported Pretoria’s envoy to Doha saying. During a celebration to remember South African freedom...

Dozens of Jewish groups worldwide issued “an unprecedented joint statement on Tuesday backing the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and saying that criticism of Israel’s actions does not...

Johannesburg’s Health Minister Mpho Phalatse was suspended yesterday after declaring the South African city a “friend of Israel”. Phalatse made the comments while speaking at the South African Friends...

Foreign investment in Algeria fell $1.2 billion in 2017, a drop of 26 per cent compared to 2016, according the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). A World...

Israel’s colonisation of Palestine has altered the dynamics of politics and expectation to one of permanent exploitation and compromise. The two-state compromise, in particular, has ensnared governments, as well...

Nothing could illustrate the stark contrast between a post-1994 democratic South Africa and Israel’s apartheid structures than the iconic photograph of Hector Pieterson taken by Sam Nzima. The picture...

Parliament in South Africa has been urged to downgrade its embassy in Israel in response to Tel Aviv’s heavy-handed response to Palestinian protesters in Gaza and its continued occupation....

Hamas today welcomed the withdrawal of South Africa’s Ambassador to Israel, Sisa Ngombane, as a result of the violent aggression carried out by Israeli armed forces along the Gaza...

Palestinian group Fatah has hailed Turkey and South Africa for recalling ambassadors from Israel over the death of dozens of Palestinians by Israeli gunfire on the border of the...

As I write this, at least 52 Palestinians, including children, have been shot and killed by Israeli troops today, Monday 14 May 2018; well over a thousand more have...

The South African government today condemned in the strongest terms possible the latest act of violent aggression carried out by the Israeli armed forces along the Gaza border, which...

One of the facts about Israel that is often disputed is its status as an apartheid state. There are, obviously, some differences between the Israeli regime occupying Palestine and...

The chairman of BDS South Africa’s board will receive the Order of Luthuli (Silver) from President Cyril Ramaphosa for “his brilliant contribution to academic research and to the fight...

Thousands attend Winnie Mandela’s memorial service in South Africa

At a time when South Africa is mourning the passing of the country’s beloved icon of the freedom struggle Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the world is reeling from yet more evidence...