South Africa

Legal experts from South Africa, Spain and Palestine have reviewed samples of "racial discrimination" which is being practiced by the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people and compared it...

The South African government urged Israel on Tuesday to end practices toward Palestinians that it said were reminiscent of its own history of apartheid. "We call upon the Israeli...

The Mayor of Ma'ale Adumim has claimed that South Africa's decision to boycott products produced in the illegal Israeli settlement will harm the Palestinian economy and workers. Israeli newspaper...

A member of Israel's Knesset (parliament) has accused Arab MK Haneen Zoabi of "undermining the State of Israel" by participating in the Russell Tribunal on Palestine held in Cape...

EXCLUSIVE IMAGES Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have had the opportunity to offer their condolences to the people of South Africa following the death of late President Nelson Mandela....

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Republic of South Africa will support the Palestinians in their liberation struggle until the occupation of their land is ended and they have an independent state...

The South African government is looking at plans to step up its support for Palestine. The Minister of Arts and Culture, Paul Mashatile, made the announcement during a press...

The Minister of Health for the Palestinian Authority in Gaza is visiting South Africa to give the government, trade unions and pro-Palestine activists details of the growing health crisis...

Leaders around the world have paid tribute to Nelson Mandela, who died on Thursday in Johannesburg, South Africa, aged 95. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon described Mandela as a "source...

The death of South African liberation icon Nelson Mandela last night has brought in floods of well-deserved tributes. But the hypocrisy of many of these, often from the very...

In November 2011 the Russell Tribunal on Palestine will hold a session in Cape Town on the question of whether or not Israel is guilty of committing the international...

Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban When Nelson Mandela stood to greet the thousands of people gathered to watch the world cup final in South Africa, everyone stood to show respect to...

By Yvonne Ridley Bradford: demons of apartheid South Africa It was a Charles Dickens' character from the book Oliver Twist who called the law an ass. However, quite often...

A quarter-century ago I barnstormed around the United States encouraging Americans, particularly students, to press for divestment from South Africa. Today, regrettably, the time has come for similar action...

Easter was the perfect opportunity for Christians to reconsider their position on the Palestine/Israel conflict and many did. In South Africa, more than sixty church leaders and theologians showed...

Visiting South Africa is always a pleasure, but when the purpose is to attend a conference there is usually something extra special to look forward to. The Afro-Middle East...

Egypt's independence from British occupation, which officially began in 1882, went through two main phases. The first was the period after the 1919 revolution, leading the British government to...

Over the next two weeks tributes to the life and struggle of Nelson Mandela will continue to cascade on every media platform. All will no doubt be united on...