The matter will be heard on Thursday and Friday next week
Heavy bombardment, and a ground invasion launched three weeks into the war, have reduced vast areas of Gaza to a ruined wasteland and killed at least 21,822 people, mostly women and children, according to the health ministry
Israeli forces heavily bombed the besieged Gaza Strip on Thursday as the centre of fierce combat moves steadily south where hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians are sheltering
This marks as a win for the US who didn’t have to use its veto again
South African-born Jewish artist Candice Breitz has had her exhibition in a German museum scrapped
Amid tragedy, we must consider the oneness of humanity
One cannot stand for climate justice but remain silent while Palestine suffers injustice daily
A Joburg band has written lyrics based on poems by friends who are suffering in Palestine
Policymakers should recognise the inherent impossibility of eradicating a resilient, locally rooted resistance movement
Our social media feeds are as key a field as any for solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Attention has turned to whether the truce will be extended before its scheduled end early on Tuesday morning
Beware that when you dehumanise your opponent, you dehumanise yourself
In the first major diplomatic breakthrough in the war, Palestinian militants will release during a four-day truce 50 women and children kidnapped during their October 7 raids
Protests and other actions for human rights matter, and collectively there is much we can do
Being on the right side of history is as important as fixing the potholes in the street
Controversial trade links between the two countries remain — albeit on a far smaller scale than in the past
Health facilities are on the front line of the pitiless siege of Gaza
The ‘Green Brigade’ has a nuanced history that long precedes the latest conflict
The volatile nature of the conflict takes out any latitude for inaction from the American president
South Africa must continue a delicate diplomatic dance if it hopes to be a mediator in the Middle East
Israeli troops and Hamas fighters engaged in house-to-house combat in densely populated Gaza, where the war has sent 1.5 million people fleeing to other parts of the territory in a desperate search for cover
US diplomat Joy Basu said that Pretoria still needs to do more to convince congress to renew Agoa
We cannot be like the West and turn our back on the Palestinian people and the question of their freedom
The Israeli occupation of Palestine
Over the past few weeks we have witnessed a disturbing trend of a collective blind eye being turned to history
Our grief for people we have not personally known is informed by the narratives and stories we are exposed to – but these stories are not equally told
The British high commissioner to South Africa reflects on the value of the United Nations for the UK and South Africa to achieve shared objectives
The United Nations estimates Gaza needs about 100 trucks a day to meet the needs of its 2.4 million residents
‘There’s been no mixing of Palestinians and Israelis like there was in South Africa’
A Hamas spokesman said ‘even dozens’ of such convoys could not meet Gaza’s needs, especially as no fuel was being allowed in to help distribute supplies
The president said South Africa could relate to the plight of Palestine
Photographer Adam Broomberg describes the significance of capturing ancient ‘inhabitants’