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SOUTH AFRICANS SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIANS
South Africans have been showing their solidarity with Palestinians at protests outside the US Consulate in Johannesburg and the Jewish Museum in Cape Town. More radical protesters also turned out, expressing vocal support for militant group Hamas.
There is a longstanding tradition of championing Palestine in South Africa, best encapsulated by Nelson Mandela’s dictum: “Our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.”
Not only do many South Africans see an affinity between their plight under apartheid and that of the Palestinians under Israeli occupation, but there were close historical ties between the White-supremacist regime in South Africa and the Israeli state.
An editorial in Die Burger, the apartheid-era South African government’s mouth-piece, stated: “Israel and South Africa ... are engaged in a struggle for existence...
South Africans have been showing their solidarity with Palestinians at protests outside the US Consulate in Johannesburg and the Jewish Museum in Cape Town. More radical protesters also turned out, expressing vocal support for militant group Hamas.
There is a longstanding tradition of championing Palestine in South Africa, best encapsulated by Nelson Mandela’s dictum: “Our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.”
Not only do many South Africans see an affinity between their plight under apartheid and that of the Palestinians under Israeli occupation, but there were close historical ties between the White-supremacist regime in South Africa and the Israeli state.
An editorial in Die Burger, the apartheid-era South African government’s mouth-piece, stated: “Israel and South Africa ... are engaged in a struggle for existence...
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Continued…. SOUTH AFRICANS SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIANS
The anti-Western powers have driven Israel and South Africa into a community of interests which had better be utilised than denied.”
Israel reportedly assisted South Africa in its nuclear weapons programme, which ended in 1989. South African paramilitaries and volunteers paid visits to Israel, and Pretoria permitted Zionist organisations and fundraising inside South Africa.
Since independence, however, South Africa has been one of our continent’s bulwarks of support for the Palestinian cause, alongside countries like Algeria. Its third-largest political party, the Economic Freedom Fighters, recently called for a significant reduction in South African-Israeli relations, including the shutting down of embassies.
What do you think? Would that be a step too far in South Africa’s show of solidarity? Let us know in the comments.
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The anti-Western powers have driven Israel and South Africa into a community of interests which had better be utilised than denied.”
Israel reportedly assisted South Africa in its nuclear weapons programme, which ended in 1989. South African paramilitaries and volunteers paid visits to Israel, and Pretoria permitted Zionist organisations and fundraising inside South Africa.
Since independence, however, South Africa has been one of our continent’s bulwarks of support for the Palestinian cause, alongside countries like Algeria. Its third-largest political party, the Economic Freedom Fighters, recently called for a significant reduction in South African-Israeli relations, including the shutting down of embassies.
What do you think? Would that be a step too far in South Africa’s show of solidarity? Let us know in the comments.
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Once again the spotlight’s on racism in Italian football. This time it’s Nigerian star Victor Osimhen who’s suffered abuse from his OWN club Napoli. But if you think this is a one-off, please think again. Flick through these examples and tell us how this sickening behaviour can be stopped.
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TALLEST STATUE IN AFRICA
Located in the bustling city of Dakar, the 49-metre African Renaissance Monument has come to symbolise Africa’s liberation for some, but a gigantic expression of extravagance for others. What do you make of it?
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Located in the bustling city of Dakar, the 49-metre African Renaissance Monument has come to symbolise Africa’s liberation for some, but a gigantic expression of extravagance for others. What do you make of it?
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PAN-AFRICANIST GREATS FOR PALESTINE
African freedom fighters have consistently taken a clear position on the liberation of Palestine. We’ve curated some highlights for you here.
Some revolutionary Pan-Africanists, such as Kwame Ture, saw Palestine as "the tip of Africa."
In South Africa, those that experienced apartheid’s brutality and cruelty have drawn parallels between the settler-colonial occupation of their lands and that of Palestine.
The great Thomas Sankara adopted an unwavering stance in support of Palestinian liberation.
Pan-Africanists were not silent then. We will not be silent now. So make some noise in the comments!
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African freedom fighters have consistently taken a clear position on the liberation of Palestine. We’ve curated some highlights for you here.
Some revolutionary Pan-Africanists, such as Kwame Ture, saw Palestine as "the tip of Africa."
In South Africa, those that experienced apartheid’s brutality and cruelty have drawn parallels between the settler-colonial occupation of their lands and that of Palestine.
The great Thomas Sankara adopted an unwavering stance in support of Palestinian liberation.
Pan-Africanists were not silent then. We will not be silent now. So make some noise in the comments!
Hear Us Roar: https://news.1rj.ru/str/AfricanStream
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Pan-Africanists for Palestine! As Africans, we have been subjected to some of the most brutal and dehumanising forms of oppression imaginable. The revolutionaries at the forefront of the African liberation struggle stand in solidarity with the Palestinian liberation struggle. Apartheid was wrong in South Africa and so is what is happening to Palestine. Settler colonialism has no place in Africa and it has no place in Palestine. Are we right?
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Niger refuses to be bullied whether by France, the UN or any other international body.
After a popular coup with widespread support across the country, the west African nation was targeted by western nations and international bodies which sought to put an end to the revolutionary fervour.
Now, after Niger was barred from participating at the UN General Assembly last month, the country is pushing back by giving the UN resident coordinator 72 hours to leave the country.
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After a popular coup with widespread support across the country, the west African nation was targeted by western nations and international bodies which sought to put an end to the revolutionary fervour.
Now, after Niger was barred from participating at the UN General Assembly last month, the country is pushing back by giving the UN resident coordinator 72 hours to leave the country.
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WHY SOUTH AFRICA STANDS WITH PALESTINE
The South African government and the majority of its citizens have over the years remained resolute in their support for the Palestinian people in their struggle against the Israeli occupation. If you have been wondering why it is like this, we might have an answer for you. In this interview with People's Dispatch's Zoe Alexandra, Senior African National Congress (ANC) member and former Minister for Intelligence Services Ronnie Kasrils draws parallels between South Africa's own struggle against apartheid and the Palestinian struggle against Israeli occupation.
Let us know in the comments what you think.
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The South African government and the majority of its citizens have over the years remained resolute in their support for the Palestinian people in their struggle against the Israeli occupation. If you have been wondering why it is like this, we might have an answer for you. In this interview with People's Dispatch's Zoe Alexandra, Senior African National Congress (ANC) member and former Minister for Intelligence Services Ronnie Kasrils draws parallels between South Africa's own struggle against apartheid and the Palestinian struggle against Israeli occupation.
Let us know in the comments what you think.
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EXPLAINER: GHANA PROTESTS
Thousands have been protesting in Ghana’s capital Accra - in response to the worst economic crisis to throttle the country in decades.
The government blames the Covid-19 pandemic as well as the geopolitical and economic fallout from Russia’s armed conflict with Ukraine.
But those out on the streets also blame corruption and mismanagement of public finances.
African Stream’s Miss Phyll explains how one of the continent’s brightest economic stars - is burning out.
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Thousands have been protesting in Ghana’s capital Accra - in response to the worst economic crisis to throttle the country in decades.
The government blames the Covid-19 pandemic as well as the geopolitical and economic fallout from Russia’s armed conflict with Ukraine.
But those out on the streets also blame corruption and mismanagement of public finances.
African Stream’s Miss Phyll explains how one of the continent’s brightest economic stars - is burning out.
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JULIUS NYERERE: TO THEM, I’M JUST ‘AFRICAN’!
Today marks 24 years since Julius Kambarage Nyerere joined the ancestors.
He was the president of Tanzania - not of Rwanda, Kenya, Cameroon or Zimbabwe. He was also an ardent Pan-Africanist. And yet, judging by this video, he was sufficiently irked by foreign leaders conflating all African nationalities into one, to complain about it - with characteristic wit.
His real target, of course, was the implicit racism - not the idea that Africans are one people artificially divided by imposed national borders. Nyerere strived hard to attain total African unity.
Today marks 24 years since Julius Kambarage Nyerere joined the ancestors.
He was the president of Tanzania - not of Rwanda, Kenya, Cameroon or Zimbabwe. He was also an ardent Pan-Africanist. And yet, judging by this video, he was sufficiently irked by foreign leaders conflating all African nationalities into one, to complain about it - with characteristic wit.
His real target, of course, was the implicit racism - not the idea that Africans are one people artificially divided by imposed national borders. Nyerere strived hard to attain total African unity.
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