Pro-Palestinian activists call on S.Africans to mobilise against the crimes being committed by Israel in Gaza

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Morgan Van De Rede

Morgan Van De Rede

25 September 2025 | 13:27

Over 1,000 people are expected to hand over a memorandum of demands to government officials at Parliament on Saturday.

Pro-Palestinian activists call on S.Africans to mobilise against the crimes being committed by Israel in Gaza

This picture taken from a position near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing during an Israeli strike on the besieged Palestinian territory, on 29 August 2025, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Picture: Jack GUEZ/AFP

Pro-Palestinian activists are calling for South Africans to mobilise against the crimes being committed by Israel in Gaza.

The groups gathered at the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) in Cape Town on Thursday to give a briefing on their upcoming march.

Over 1,000 people are expected to hand over a memorandum of demands to government officials at Parliament on Saturday.

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Member Irene Knight said there was power in people and numbers.

"We’ve been through oppression, we’ve been through apartheid, we know what it is to have Bantustans, we know what it is... the brown and black people know what it is to be second-class citizens in their own country. We have to take the stance, we have to be in the forefront of this fight for the Palestinian people."

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