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CAPE TOWN:<\/strong> More than 3,000 people marched through Cape Town on Saturday, 27 September, calling for South Africa to cut trade and diplomatic ties with Israel, including by shutting its embassy, over the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Protesters hold placards and Palestinian flags as they march through the city centre in Cape Town during civil society and faith-based organisations\u2019 mass rally for Gaza on 27 September 2025. The demonstration brought together several pro-Palestinian organisations, political parties, and Muslim and Christian groups in one of the biggest such turnouts in months. Photo: Rodger Bosch\/AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Pretoria has been a leading critic of Israel’s actions in Gaza, bringing a case before the UN’s top court in December 2023 that argues Israel’s war in the Palestinian territory amounts to genocide, a charge Israel has denied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday’s demonstration brought together several pro-Palestinian organisations, political parties, and Muslim and Christian groups in one of the biggest such turnouts in months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carrying Palestinian flags and chanting slogans such as “Don’t just feel bad, do something”, the procession handed over a petition containing their demands at parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Africa must “boycott, divest and sanction Israel, the same way as the world did for us,” said the Palestine Solidarity Campaign coordinator, Usuf Chikte, referring to international measures used to pressure South Africa’s apartheid regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Protesters
Protesters hold placards during a pro-Gaza rally on 27 September 2025. More than 3,000 people marched through Cape Town and demanded the government cut trade and diplomatic ties with Israel, including shutting its embassy. Photo: Rodger Bosch\/AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The government has to take action on “the expulsion of Israel’s ambassador and embassy from South Africa now” and the country should be excluded from international sporting bodies such as FIFA, he told the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The petition also demanded the government suspend its exports of coal to Israel and prosecute any South Africans who enlist in the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The war in Gaza broke out after Palestinian militants led by Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That unprecedented attack resulted in the deaths of 1,219 people on the Israeli side, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Israel’s retaliatory military offensive has since killed at least 65,926 people, also mostly civilians, according to the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza, figures the United Nations deems reliable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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