Saftu to picket in solidarity with Palestinians

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The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) is expected to join the working class people across the world to protest in solidarity with the Palestinian People on Wednesday.

The union said it will join forces with COSATU, BDS SA and other formations of the working class including trade unions, political parties and the broader sections of our society that are

According to General Secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi the protest is a result of disgust by the systematic slaughter of the Palestinians by the Israeli apartheid regime. 

“Since the 7th of October 2023, more than 14,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza and health officials say they have lost count of the dead, as many have been buried in the rubble.

“Israel Defence Force’s pounding of Gaza has destroyed shelter and public service institutions such as hospitals,” he stated.

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Vavi added that the killing of Palestinians by the Israeli apartheid state did not begin in the aftermath of the 7th of October 2023.

He continued; “It began more than 75 years ago when an Israeli settlement led by the racist Zionists supported by the imperialists was forcefully established in the Palestinian territory.”

The marchers will assemble at 10:00 at Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown, Johannesburg, proceed to Mandela Bridge and to the Constitutional Hill in Braamfontein.