Anti-Israel protesters call on Johannesburg coal company to cut ties with Israel over Gaza war

Anti-Israel protesters gather outside the offices of Glencore Coal in Sandton, Johannesburg, to demand that the company end its economic relations with Israel amid the war in Gaza.

People at the rally, organized by a coalition of pro-Palestinian and climate groups, hold signs reading “Unplug apartheid Israel” and “No to fuelling Israel’s war machine.”

South Africa cut off relations with Israel after Hamas’s October 7 terror onslaught triggered the ongoing war in Gaza.

In March, the country’s foreign minister, Naledi Pandor, said South African citizens serving in the IDF would be arrested upon returning to the country.

In December, South Africa filed a case against Israel in the International Court of Justice, claiming that Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip. The ICJ has ordered Israel to take actions necessary to prevent violations of the 1948 Genocide Convention but did not order Israel to its offensive in Gaza.