south africa is both economic and political power house in africa. this country has been leading efforts to sensitize african nations about israel's crimes. south african foreign minister naledi pando says that the unjust actions committed by the israeli regime are contrary to the letter and spirit of the african union. the unjust actions committed by israel offend the letter and spirit, as we have pointed out of the charter of the african union. the african union embodies the aspirations of all africanss and reflects their confidence that it can lead the continent through the practical expression of the goals of the charter, especially on issues related to self-determination and decolonization. i don't know which african union state would ever accept its territory being occupied by another country. the support the chairperson has expressed for his israel is an observer status in our union suggests, if we accept this as au, that we accept infringement of our country's territorial integrity, this can never be accepted by us. now our last question uh go

solani in south africa. now south africa has taken a very commendable move to recall its diplomats from tel aviv to protest the israeli regime's genocidal war on gaza. what's the significance of this move? thank you very much, i think it is a, it's a very, very important and a bold move by the south africa, quite quite long overq move, it seems to send a strong message around the need for a speedy response to this genocide in in in the palestine land, and it's a very important and significant because south africa has better understanding of what it means to be in a particular position. the predicament that the palestine people find themselves in in this particular junction, so it it sends a particular strong message that we know what you're going through and it's high time that we make very assertive and strong message and say this must come to an end and and and and we've seen that different messages across the world have been coming, but something needs to be done urgently to try to make sure and to protec

salani in south africa. ass, so they represent the working class and those that contribute a huge role in the economic activities each and every country, that is why i will argue that capitalism is driving because of labor, that is because of the working class, so these are the people that play a particular sector in the society that plays very progressive role in our society, so it is important that they got a particular role in the organize themselves. to fight against this sickness of of of of of israel in palestine, so it is very important, they've got a very important role to play where they organize workers and be able to send a strong message right across and we've seen it, we've learned the lessons in the context of south africa in the south african apetite where we're able to pick up the role of of of the trade unions that they played in organizing a well driving a well machinary in trying to fight against the regime of the upper date in south africa and the continent as well, this is very important

solan in south africa. what role can legislative bodies or parliaments in africa play in ending uh the israeli genocide and isolating the regime. i think it is important that we understand that the call against what is happening in palestine is not is not only a political call because people might might only want to narrow it to a political statement that needs to be sent, of course to an extent it's a political call that needs to be made, however it is a question of the rule of law, was this gross human rights violation is injustices and the... the approach to addres injustices is to have laws that are just and fair, so then the legislative arms of the states of different states of other states in africa have a particular role to play to ensure that now the appeal of rights are there to, now the people's rights, dignity, right to life are respected right across the globe, so that can be done not only by political statements, but the legislative arm, there must be laws in place that protect the humans. diffe

the by south africa as long as we protest in south africa for what is happening in progress. time is still the topic, as long as we're not providing resources for this policy and in people to be able to free themselves. it's still reporting. now course, i understand this is something that you voice before, but you want to have mass now have mass, and it's a covenant of 1988. so it's pounding document. really? i mean, it's quite clear that it believes and the disruption of his route are. you know, worried that perhaps um, and him us will be seen as a as participating in an attack on a so for a nation, according to international. no, no, there's no international lawyers. you one thing that was with the, remember doing this, but i go funded by the asian in south africa. that was the agency. mm hm. which is my daughter to part to and that'll impacting south africa cutter and she led to by president shut over on my policy. there was the m k which was the military riveto tenant that fought this law group that was um, by the intonation of the world mm. by palestinian government, by

and i do want to ask you just about perception of israel in south africa. you mentioned about how israel co operated on supported the ideas of the apartheid government. how's that shape the way the modern day south africans feel about it as well? we are the most peaceful and forgiving nation, and so i'll definitely not of all of us, but the majority we, we forget we, we don't forget we, we know we know what that is, what i of deed that is that i of provided way, pause for the output state government to us, but today we're not talking about that. it's not because of that. when i say hands off the police didn't and people is that i is because the incest is deal is bad. but here's what i of doing to the police to them people. and you also talked about the recording on box. it is, is radium. bassett, of south africa has done that. and it was, it was a very big move. it took a lot of the media space that was international reaction to it. i was reading the jewish community, a big jewish community in south africa, about 65000 people. they said this is very hostile,

, we are embarked a road, we want to, we want to expel the israeli ambassador to south africa. western countries branded nelson mandela as a terrorist, and even his party, anc was listed as a terrorist organization. during the cold war, both the us state and defense departments dop mandela's political party, the african national congress, a terrorist group, and in fact mandela's name remained on the us terrorism watch list till 2008. the mau movement that fearsly resisted british colonialism in kenya was also branded a terrorist organization. in nairobi, capital of kenya, europeans and africans still walk the streets in fear of the dreaded mamar, for it is that band of fanatics, bloody deeds have cast a dark shadow across the face of kenya. a week ago, the people of kenya read of the death of chief neri, murdered by terrorists, and now as they watch the funeral of this wise and peaceful chieften, they wonder where next will the ma strike. well, this for you, miss roshan dadu, now we can see here that history is actually repeating itself, in palestine, hamas. under islamic jihad

he is based in cape town south africa. thanks lot for your time sir today. i am delighted to be able to speak to you, and speaking from cape town south africa and revolutionary greetings from us in this part of the world and congratulat and we want to salute you for your resilience for acting as bullwalk against the continued colonialism in the global south and against your position with regard to imperialism. thank you. now africa has come out strongly in. expressing solidarity with palestine amid israel's genocidal war against the people of gaza. so let's start off with the mrs. rushan dadu. now in your opinion what are some of the commonalities between the. current struggle for the liberation of palestine and the struggle for independence in africa? well, we've always sen ourselves as being in one and the same struggle. um, obviously the liberation movements across africa and particularly in southern africa had very direct relationships with the plo at the time, and we have um, certainly for the older generations, like myself, grown up. feeling that we're

in terms of you, south africa has always tried to balance its relationships between western traditionaln partners etc. um, by taking this step, south africa. is essentially saying that it's making uh, it's making a choice beyond just balancing and that it's willing to take whatever consequences there might be, the consequences from israel are irrelevant, south africa can really do without israel in terms of trade and anything else, but of course what's important is the consequences from other western partners, particularly the united states, which is south africa's second biggest trading partner. naim jinna, speaking with us. earlier now my guests ibrahimsat and lampurini thoma are still with me uh let me start with uh lamperini thomo with this question and that is anything you want to pick up on um what um naim china said there about the south african example i was i was in south africa uh to cover the brick summit past august it's a very live people that memories are there and i think that's the why they see palestine as the and there's the madella connection of course because he was

how i'm us needs to be out by south africa as long as we protest in south africa for what is happening in progress. time is still the topic as long as we're not providing the resources for this policy and in people to be able to free themselves. still reported. now course i understand this is something the invoice before, but you want to have mass now have mass and it's a covenant of 1988. so it's pounding document. really? i mean, it's quite clear that it believes and the disruption of as well are you know, worried that perhaps um and him, us will be seen as a, as participating in an attack on a so for a nation.

south africa, divest from south africa, is one of the main things that brought that apartide regime down, and i hope there is the will internationally to do the same thing against this last apartide state on earth, the apartide state of israel, we don't forget that apartide israel was an extremely intimate. ally of apartied south africa, israel tried to give south africa, apartied south africa, atomic bombs, this was reported in the guardian, so so this is the kind of regime that got defeated finally by sanctions, and i know eventually apartide israel will be defeated by sanctions and boycots in the same way. yeah, this is the... time to do it, you bet this is the time to do it. in the gaza strip, the crisis is even worse. the gaza strip has been subjected to a land, air and sea blocade as well as recurrent military offensives. some 2.3 million people live in the narrow coastal strip. recent data shows the... the combined contribution of the manufacturing and agriculture sectors, as a percentage of gdp in gaza went down from 27% to 1994 to 17% in 2021. in the 2023 report, un agencie

israel try to give south africa, apartite south africa atomic bombs. this was reported in the guardian, so so this is the kind of regime that got defeated finally by sanctions and i know eventually apartite israel will be defeated by. sanctions and boycots in the same way, yeah, this is the time to do it, you bet, this is the time to do it, in the ghaza strip, the crisis is even worse, because strip has been subjected to a land, air and sea blocade as well as recurrent military offensives. some 2.3 million people live in the narrow coastal strip. recent data shows that the combined contribution of the manufacturing and agriculture sectors as a percentage of gdp in gaza went down from 27% in 1994 to 17% in 2021. in a 2023 report, un agencies estimated that 58% of gaza strip residents required humanitarian assistance with 29% of guason households living in extreme or catastrophic conditions that now calls to do more to put economic pressure on israel to stop choking the palestinian economy. one of those tools is the boycott sanctions and divestment movem

the boycott israel campaign compare the leaders of this regime to the apartheid government in south africa1948. a racist government in which white people for 46 the year the colored people of africa were oppressed. in 1948, the same year that the zionist regime announced its existence, the racial discrimination law was passed in south africa. depriving non-whites of citizenship rights, creating separate municipal services, not using public toilets, not having a seat in the government and not having rights in the parliament, the colored people of africa were enzo. was. south africa's 5 million white population owned nearly 90 percent of the facilities, and 19 million blacks lived on the remaining 10 percent. life in forced labor camps, blacks without drinking water and sewage disposal system suffer from the suffering of the skin. was. the united nations also agreed that what happened in south africa was racist and unacceptable. in 192 , a resolution was also approved at the general assembly of the united nations. resolution 167. in resolution 167, it was stated that racism is one of the exa

the boycott israel campaign compare the leaders of this regime to the apartheid government in south africa-1488. a racist government in which the white people oppressed the colored community of africa for 46 years . in 1948, the same year that the zionist regime announced its existence, the racial deportation law was passed in south africa. depriving non-whites of city rights, creating separate city services, not using public toilets, not having a seat in the government, and not having the right in the parliament, the color of the african skins was enzo. a population of 5 million white africans southerners owned nearly 90% of the facilities and 19 million blacks lived on the remaining 10% of the facilities. living in black forced labor camps without drinking water and sewage system was one of the sufferings of the skins. the united nations also agreed that what happened in south africa was racist and unacceptable. in 1962, at the general assembly of the united nations, resolution 1671 was also approved. in resolution 1671, it was stated that racism is an example of violation of human right

the the the motion today was was discuss in the south african parliament next week wednesday the south africa. people's representative in parliament will vote on this particular matter and in in particular we speak about the suspension of all diplomatic relations between south african government and the the the state of israel and the resolution the motion speaks about the expulsion of the... israeli ambassador in south africa back home to tel aviv, by next weekday, there will be a clarity of thought, and although parliament is a different arm of the state than government, ordinarily president ramaposa um is championing uh decisions and motions taken by the - south african parliament, so i think why we are doing this, including the decision announced by president ramaposa to report the genocidal crimes of the state of israel to the international criminal core, invoking obviously article 14, under the wrong statute to the icc is because of... absolute lack of listening, absolute lack of humanity, and clearly, ethnic clingzing are taking place in in palestine, and the international criminal cou

at that time, the movement of black south africa was with our thought against us. actually, we didn't have much of a choice, but we never stopped denouncing upon the sites. we never agreed with it. but what the doctor couldn't think about all of this. they want it to work with the apartheid government because they saw that real freedom in africa would mean freedom for people in palestine and other parts of the world. they had this some system also in their country. therefore they have to cooperate. many of the countries, the support to the part time were themselves secular. we did take the united states of america, the united states of america was built by the slot population where um i called it goes ask you a title. it was, i was speaking with my oh boy a as a way my della political activist and the great grandson of the anti about high champion. and of course the 1st president of the south africa, nelson mcdonough, he discussed the south african born with policy. your great grandfather, one said that our freedom is not complete without the freedom of palestinian

israel finally broke when africa tok a step against israel's support of the apart regime in in south africa obviously in link with the us, i think that was the main reason why africa as a whole took a stand to say that we breaking of diplomatic relations with israel, i think that is more of a of of a reason for africa taking that stand. now let's bring in miss jamia gallant, we are witnessing the israeli apart regime committing unprecedented crimes against palestinians in the ghaza strip, now unlike in 1973, we are yet to see african countries taking a united front in ending to... with the israeli regime, what could be the reason behind this? okay, well, i think the world has changed since 1973. honest, i think all of the post colonial regimes that we have in africa at the moment, has been bought by by big capital, so we we've seen increase in neo imperialist interventions in africa, including including israel, and so we have kind of the condition under which the post colonial states in africa have been muted in any response that they that they may have given at another time because particu

south africa's opportunity?ped travis head a couple of times and he continued to thrive — past 50 to 62. and then out. what about glenn maxwell? gone for one. you've not seen celebrations until you've seen tabraiz shamsi. steve smith was steady, until this. australia 38 behind and now six wickets down. 20 to win, josh inglis bowled. neutral crowd living every moment, still time for a twist. and edged and dropped. pat cummins hit the winning runs — cold hard numbers. south africa's fifth semifinal — they've won none. joe wilson, bbc news. novak djokovic boosted his chances of making the last four of the season—ending atp finals in turin after he recovered from a second set slump to beat hubert hurkacz. all three of djokovic�*s group stage matches have gone to three sets. he took the first against his polish opponent on a tie break. despite losing the second set six games to four, the defending champion came back in the third to take that comfortably 6—1. so djokovic needed jannik sinner to beat holger rune in the

south africa look world cup confident. joe wilson, bbc news. injury—hit black caps find themselves in a tough position to progress, just two points ahead of pakistan and afghanistan, and having lost the last three. but there is no panic in the camp just yet. we try to remain levelheaded throughout everything — not ride the highs too high and the lows too low. i think, for us, it is go about our business as we have done the whole way through. just keeping things simple, sticking to what we do best. obviously the way england, australia, south africa — they all play a very aggressive brand of cricket, and we have our own brand. if we stick to it, we know that we are fighters, we keep coming back time and time again and when it matters most, we really put the foot down. england's david willey has announced he will retired from international cricket following the world cup. he is the only bowler in the squad not to be offered a central contract. the team director said willey wasn't best pleased about it. england are defending champions, but they hav

now naomi, how important was the phone call between south africa's foreign minister and the leader of hamas in terms of africans, and particularly south africans standing with palestine. israeli government has cut off supplies, water, food, electricity, and fuel and blocaded gaza, causing collective punishment to the people of gaza, this is violation of international law, and so this initiative by the minister foreign affairs is really comidable and it serves as litmus test to our solidarity as africans and the imperative. we translate our solidarity into meaningful actions and support for an oppressed community like uh palestine so palestinians have demonstrated that they have capacity to continue and we can only strongly believe in this by promptly submitting our available resources to them and which for now can be in terms of humanitarian support. and call upon the global community to also put pressure, so for us this is very very important and we even ask the african union, beyond that to suspend all relationships with the israeli apathide regime and also ask african union to spea

in south africa to be closed. muslim leaders in ken also called on their government to cut ties with the israeli regime. let's take a listen. send away the israeli ambassador immediately and recall our ambassador in israel to come back as matter of solidarity to the people of palestinian. now this question is for miss barasa. now will african leaders listen to the voices of the masses regarding cutting ties with the israeli. apparthy regime? we clearly see diplomacy is not working and therefore can we take other opportunities and other strategies to just make sure that there is enough pressure on israel to ensure that israel respects human rights and humanity can mobilize to challenge oppression and injustice because uh at this point we can say that uh can't say that uh that diplomacy is really working and and and and for us uh if the emb if if the israeli cannot comply with international law and it violates international law with impunity then it's important that uh we just push for that and that is taken and rem

israel finally broke when africa took a step against israel's support of the upperside regime in in south africa obviously in link with the us and i think that was the main reason why africa as a whole took a stand to say that we breaking of diplomatic relations with israel i think that is more of a of... of a reason for africa taking that stand. now let's bring in miss jamia gallant, we are witnessing the israeli apart regime committing unprecedented crimes against palestinians in the ghaza strip, now unlike in 1973, we are yet to see african countries taking a united front in ending ties with the israeli regime, what could be the reason behind this? okay, um, well, i think the world has changed since 1973, to be honest, i think all of the post colonial regimes that we have in africa at the moment, has been bought by by big capital, so we we've seen increase in neo imperialist interventions in africa, including, including israel, and so we have kind of the condition under which the post colonial states in africa have been muted in any response that they that they may have given at another time

he's the coordinator of the zagzaki foundation south africa who joins us from cape town. um, welcome to the program, so taking a look at the issue of the hospitals, israel wants to, not wants to, has been attacking the hospitals and the pretext that is using there is that there's presence of hamas and that is being uh used um for military purposes and our correspondence says that that is just... not the case uh and and i'm wondering overall uh then what do you think the israel's motives there are? because on the one hand there are civilians that are being killed uh on the other they say that they have to move in because like i said that they feel like there is a military usage of the hospital. what's your reading into it? thank you very much for having us on your show and as the correspondent mentioned that they is these hious authorities that. against international law and it violates um the rules of engagement where they come in and they are destroying actively hospitals and other essential necessities that is needed in hazza. now the first thing that we need to highlig

south africa, the favorites in south africa are the people who are being rep i also want to say a wordns, these guys make, they make look pure, they're pure, they're pure evil, i said from the beginning, the united states make no mistake about. but stands with israel, united states stands with israel. you see, it's not just about islam, it's not just about muslim leaders, it's about humanity, it's about the right to leave, we cannot be panafricanist if we can't associate with the... destination issuing immediate arrest warrant for key decision makers, including mr. netanyahu, who is responsible for violations of international criminal law. الاراده والله ما نتعد ولا ما مهتمونه. it speaks with me the saint of the soil soil. from the blood and the ashes, it's fix with me the sound of the rain from the battle, and the victory, victory, oh palestine i free you, oh palestine, i free you, oh palestine, i free, oh palestine, i free you, my every prayer is a cry to my enemy, and i cry out, cry out, cry out to the evil enemy, the flame within my heart will burn you. i cry out, and the thunder in

south africa's fifth semifinal, they've won none. joe wilson, bbc news.ak djokovic boosted his chances of making the last four of the season—ending atp finals in turin after he recovered from a second—set slump to beat hubert hurkacz all three of djokovic�*s group—stage matches have gone to three sets — he took the first against his polish opponent on a tie—break. despite losing the second set 6 games to 4, the defending champion came back in the third to take it comfortably 6—1. djokovic needed jannik sinner to beat holger rune in the evening match in order to progress. and sinner did just that. it went the distance however, sinner needing the third set to wrap up the victory to remain unbeaten in turin and become the first italian to make the semi—finals of the event on home soil. hungary qualified for the euro 2024 finals with a game to spare after a last—minute alex petkov own goal earned them a draw against bulgaria in sofia. elsewhere, scotland who have already qualified for the tournament in germany, twice came from behind to draw 2—1 in georgia. s

it's on basset to south africa. the move comes ahead of the virtual summits of the breaks nations today cooled by south africa. this is discuss the situation in gaza. south africa is a longstanding supporter of the palestinian cause and has condemned these ready military operation in garza. and we can cross straight now to all south africa correspondent who's in johannesburg. diane, who okay. they, i'm, that they have been some coals in south africa. so the is randy embassy in pretoria to be closed now? is ro itself has withdrawal and it's i'm boss of that. can you tell us more about the reaction to israel's decision? sure, absolutely. and yes, so some of those groups who have made the calls, they have been protesting and marching on a weekly basis. and many of them have responded saying that they are happy with the coal from the is really government to recall. it's invested to, however, the awesome who's who are saying the south african government should still saying its own message. and this afternoon there is a d

second-biggest the manner in south africa. south africa's biggest company by revenue.n we talk about transition, sasol is an integral part of the whole equation. what we saw on friday, there is an agm meeting that was supposed to happen. sasol was supposed to disclose their targets. that was interrupted by protesters. at the same time, the key stakeholders for sasol, that's old mutual and also 91, expressing concern about their emission targets, saying there is still not enough clarity about how they will get there. sasol announced a new ceo that will step into this role. this new ceo will have a big task ahead of it. in particular, we have a number of questions around the energy transition. there is also still questions around what happens to a number of these coal-fired plants. there is still a lot of headway this new ceo has to make. and a lot that this company on a particular needs to prove to instill some confidence that it can be part of the transition that this country needs to see. and a lot of people are paying attention to. kriti: to your point, we will see w

it was all eyes on south africa this summer. as the brick summit was the invite that everyone in diplomatic circles wanted to receive, had vladimir prudent, attended in person. this would have been the 2nd time he was seen around the post address this year alone. the war cannot go on forever for was have to be settled and come to an end at some stage. and we are here to communicate a very clear message, slattery would like this was to be ended putting in rama, post that spart as some described earlier in the summer, when an african delegation went to saint petersburg in june to present their ideas on a peace plan. for moscow and kids now, speculation looming on whether or not prudent would attend in person due to that questionable international criminal court arrest warrant that was issued south africa. the host nation is a signatory to the i. c. c. they had signaled that they would not abide by the agreement should vladimir prudent attend. but putting, joined by video link instead, to avoid making this summit about himself and

in south africa, the favorites in south africa are the people who are being repressed by that ugly white, the more horrifying it becomes. more than 1,000, 1,000 innocent lives lost, including at least 27 americans, these guys make uh... the they make al-qaeda look pure, they're pure, they're pure evil, but i said from the beginning, the united states make no mistake about it, stands with israel, united states stands with israel. they think they've done a good thing because they don't have to look in the eyes of these mothers who know they are going to die, who are going to die before their children's justices delivered the truth about their child who was not a gun man or a gun woman who was not someone that the british army could just take away and snuff out their life and then cover up the files and hide them away for until 2064 or 2070. those women know they're going to die without having any of truth and without any justice. chris eat and harris doesn't have to look into any of their eyes and it doesn't matter if it was the british army or the rc or the ira or loyalist that took those

now z'. in south africa hosted this uh bricks summit regarding situation in gaza. iranian president also had his comment and he announced his country's readiness to support the idea of you know uh putting the war criminals of this world regime on trial and there was many other proposals severing ties and and you know what i'm talking about and we have south african president fosa saying that the root cause of this conflict is actually the illegal occupation so what can be done about this uh basic and the root cause of the problem and what's the path toward resolution of the issue once and for all? yes, the statement by the president of the republic of south africa, presidentosa with regards to the illegitimate regine acknowledging a public platform within the bricks uh that of course the root cause of the issue is the illegal occupation, this is a step in the right direction, this is a good step that it's not. only the same ritoric that is coming from the islamic republic and from countries like syria, but it's coming from a dispensation like south africa, that we