ON MAY 14, students from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg pitched 10 tents upon their pristine library lawns. This was declared a “Liberated Zone”, a pro-Palestine encampment zone erected in protest against the relentless Israeli war on Gaza.
The Wits library lawns were strewn with students demanding a single objective: a ceasefire in Gaza and divestment from Israel-linked companies.
South Africa – alongside the overwhelming majority of the world – has been adamantly condemning the continued genocide of Palestinians by the bestial Israeli forces.
South Africa’s Minister for the Department of International Relations and Co-operation, Dr Naledi Pandor, led a South African delegation to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on December 29, 2023, charging Israel with genocide and gross human rights contraventions in the Gaza Strip amid the unending Israel-Hamas war.
The ICJ released their latest judgment on May 24, demanding that Israel
