ANTI-SEMITISM AND WHITE PRIVILEGE? |
PUBLIC DISCUSSION & POETRY: CELEBRATING SOLIDARITY - 100 YEARS OF OLIVER TAMBO |
Join us on Monday 6 March at 19h00 at COSATU House (110 Jorissen Street, Braamfontein, JHB) for a public discussion and poetry session with Obed Bapela (Deputy Minister in the SA Government and ANC NEC Member), Solly Mapaila (SACP 2nd Deputy General Secretary), (Cosatu Provincial Chairperson Vusi Monyela), Mluleki Dlelanga (YCL National Secretary) and others including poet and artist Natalia Molebatsi. This #IsraeliApartheidWeek event is titled " Championing International Solidarity - 100 Years of Oliver Tambo". Click here for more info and a full list of upcoming #IsraeliApartheidWeek events. |
MEC TO ATTEND PALESTINE YOUTH SOCCER TOURNAMENT |
ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK CHURCH PRESENTATION |
ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK NATURE HIKE |
PREMIERE OF NEW MOVIE ON PALESTINIAN "MANDELA" |
During #IsraeliApartheidWeek the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation and the Institute of Palestine and South Africa will host the premiere of a new documentary on the life of Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti (often referred to as Palestine's Mandela). There is one screening in Cape Town (8 March) and one in Johannesburg (10 March). Click here for a full list of upcoming #IsraeliApartheidWeek events. |
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SOUTH AFRICA REPRESENTED IN THE UK AND FRANCE THIS ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK |
The 13th international #IsraeliApartheidWeek (IAW) campaign kicked off globally last night in London. At the launch event South Africa was represented by BDS South Africa's Professor Farid Esack who was joined by the #BlackLivesMatter Caribbean-American award-winning poet, educator & social justice activist, Aja Monet. Esack will also be participating in a speaking tour for IAW between 28 February and 4 March in the UK.
In addition Hargreaves Tisetso Magama (pictured above), Former Chairperson of the International Relations Portfolio Committee at the Parliament of South Africa and Board Member of BDS South Africa, will be on a #IsraeliApartheidWeek speaking tour in France between the 13th and 18th of March 2017.
In South Africa we will be joined by Pedro Ferraracio Charbel, from Brazil, who will be on a South African speaking tour as part of this year's IAW in SA ( click here or see below). IAW is an annual international series of self-organized events (rallies, protests, lectures, cultural performances, concerts, films and workshops) held in over 250 cities, communities and campuses across the globe. IAW raises awareness of Israel's apartheid policies towards the indigenous Palestinians. IAW is endorsed, in South Africa alone, by more than 105 organizations, trade unions, embassies, youth movements and other groups including South Africa's governing party, the country's largest student formation and SA's largest trade union federation. IAW takes place in SA between the 6th and 12th of March. Click here for info on #IsraeliApartheidWeek.
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SCHEDULE OF SOUTH AFRICAN SPEAKING TOUR BY BDS LATIN AMERICA BDS COORDINATOR [6-17 MARCH 2017] |
Pedro Ferraracio Charbel, from Brazil, will be on a South African speaking tour as part of #IsraeliApartheidWeek 2017. Charbel will share victories, successes and current campaigns coming out of Latin America as well as explore ways to strengthen relations between South - South partners and between activists from BRICS countries on the issue of BDS and Palestinian solidarity.
Charbel is the BDS Coordinator for Latin America. He forms part of the BDS National Committee (BNC) based in Ramallah which is the head office of the international BDS movement. The BNC is the largest Palestinian civil society and political coalition that leads the BDS movement and has sometimes been compared to the 1980s United Democratic Front.
Pedro Charbel has been involved in various campaigns and struggles for justice, equality and freedom in Brazil and around the world. He holds a degree in International Relations from the University of São Paulo (USP) and was one of the founder-members of the Palestinian Front of USP and of the Educational Network for Human Rights in Palestine/Israel (FFIPP-Brazil). He has previously served in the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Program in Palestine/Israel (EAPPI) and has presented at several meetings of the United Nations on the issue of Palestine and Israel. Charbel was previously based at the São Paulo Municipality’s International Relations Secretariat. Here are a list of some of his upcoming events in South Africa.
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PIETERMARITZBURG
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MONDAY 6 MARCH, 10h30
VENUE: Nizamia School
TYPE: School discussion
CONTACT: 0823678629
HOSTS: Nizamia School
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PIETERMARITZBURG
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MONDAY 6 MARCH, 12h00
VENUE: UKZN Pietermaritzburg Campus
CONTACT: 0827757860
HOSTS: PMB4Palestine, KZN PSF, BDS SA
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DURBAN
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MONDAY 6 MARCH, 17H30
VENUE: Orient School Hall in Centenary Road, Durban (at the bottom of Sydenham Hill, lower down from Botanic Gardens, next to Kendra and across the race course)
TYPE: Film Screening of "Wanted 18"
followed by lecture with Pedro Charbel
CONTACT: 0837864918
HOSTS: KZN PSF, BDS SA and others
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PORT ELIZABETH
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TUESDAY 7 MARCH, 12H00
VENUE: Conference Centre, North Campus, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
TYPE: Public Lecture
CONTACT: 0826121657
HOSTS: CANRAD, NMMU, BDS SA, PSA PE
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GRAHAMSTOWN
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TUESDAY 7 MARCH, 18HOO
VENUE: Rhodes University
TYPE: Student Debate "Is Israel a facsist state?"
CONTACT: 0827755329
HOSTS: Rhodes MSA
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KING WILLIAMS TOWN
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WEDNESDAY 8 MARCH, 18H00
VENUE: Steve Biko Foundation, 2429 Mbeka St, Ginsberg, King William's Town
TYPE: Public Lectue and Discussion
CONTACT: 0737157224
HOSTS: Steve Biko Foundation, BDS SA
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JOHANNESBURG
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THURSDAY 9 MARCH, 13H00
VENUE: Main Campus Lawns, Wits University
TYPE: Rally & Balloon Release
CONTACT: 0823134227
HOSTS: Wits PSC, BDS SA
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POTCHEFSTROOM
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THURSDAY 9 MARCH, 19H00
TYPE: Lecture "Israeli Occupation & Impact of BDS"
CONTACT: 0734917986
HOSTS: MSA, BDS SA
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HARTEBEESPORT
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FRIDAY 10 MARCH, 09h00 for 10H00
VENUE: Department of Water & Sanitation, Old Rustenburg Road
TYPE: Lecture "How Israel uses water technology to cover its Apartheid"
CONTACT: 0833808173
HOSTS: Nehawu Bojanala District
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PRETORIA
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FRIDAY 10 MARCH, 13H30
VENUE: Law Building, Main Campus, University of Pretoria
TYPE: Open Discussion
CONTACT: 0829786233
HOSTS: Legal Shebeen, BDS SA, MSA
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CAPE TOWN
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MONDAY 10 MARCH, 09h55
VENUE: International Peace College South Africa
TYPE: Closed Event
CONTACT: 0216381121
HOSTS: International Peace College South Africa, BDS SA
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CAPE TOWN
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MONDAY 13 MARCH, 20H00
VENUE: That Place in Obs Coffee Shop, 76 Lower Main Rd, Observatory
TYPE: Open Discussion
CONTACT: 0825560241
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JOHANNESBURG
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FRIDAY 17 MARCH, 18H00
VENUE: Roasted Coriander, 51 Greenfield Rd, Greenside, Johannesburg
TYPE: Open Discussion
HOSTS: Roasted Coriander, BDS SA
CONTACT: 0825560241
More events with Pedro Charbel to follow. Click here for more info.
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