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Tributes pour in for Nehawuâs Khaya Xaba
By Okuhle Hlati
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THE death of Khaya Xaba has been described as a huge blow not only for the National Education, Health and Allied Workersâ Union (Nehawu), but for the workersâ struggle.
Messages of condolences started flooding in on Sunday following the death of the Nehawu national spokesperson in the early hours of the morning after a short battle with Covid-19 related illness.
Xaba made it public earlier this month that he contracted the virus and had been in hospital since.
Nehawu s Secretary-General Zola Saphetha conveyed condolences to his family, friends and colleagues stating it was a dark hour for them.
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On Wednesday, community radio station Salaamedia hosted a panel discussion titled “Maintaining the momentum in the solidarity struggle for a free #Palestine”. Featured on the discussion were several activists and figures from the South African Palestinian solidarity movement. The discussion was hosted by Salaamedia presenter, Inayet Wadee.
South Africa – Maintaining the momentum in the solidarity struggle for a free #Palestine. https://t.co/XdHsgWIKiw salaamedia (@salaamedia) June 2, 2021
The guests on the discussion included Roshan Dadoo, William Shoki, Yunus Allie, Naazim Adam, and Muhammed Desai, among others. The over two-hour long discussion went into the various issues facing the struggle and how to continue fighting for a free Palestine.
Teacher allegedly fired for supporting Israel on his WhatsApp status
By Charlene Somduth
Durban: A teacher has allegedly been fired for showing support for Israel.
Following the recent violence in the Middle East, Sudesh Mooloo, 52, an Afrikaans teacher at Laudium Secondary School in Gauteng, posted a WhatsApp status which said: I am not anti-Palestine but I am anti-Hamas. I stand with Israel.
The status was posted last Tuesday. According to Estelle Holworthy, a relative, within hours he had received several calls and messages criticising him as well as threatening him and his family. People from the community were telling him he was a lover of children being killed. He was told he was a supporter of apartheid. He was informed by a resident that a WhatsApp group was started against him. In this group, people were planning a protest outside his home.
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ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte said genocide was happening.
She called for a complete break in diplomatic ties with Israel.
ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte said South Africans who sent their children to be conscripted by the Israeli Defence Force were part of the problem in the conflict between Israel and Palestinians.
Duarte, who led a picket at the Israel embassy in Pretoria to show solidarity Palestinians on Tuesday, said: We cannot be friendly with people who are genocidal, according to a tweet by journalist Govan Whittles.
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She added that the conflict wasn t called a genocide because it doesn t suit the World Trade Organisation.