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Pharrell Williams: In tune but not with protesters

Singing hits from his over two-decade-long career, US star Pharrell Williams’s shows in Jo’burg and the Cape wowed crowds and caused controversy.

The BDS committee was formed in 2005 and has the support of more than 170 organisations in Palestine. (AFP)

Israel turns up heat on activist group

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement is ‘anti-Semitic’ and a ‘first-rate strategic threat’.

The struggle for liberation and land needs you

Palestinians must liberate themselves but, against a powerful enemy, they need any help they can get.

Government’s investor a major shareholder in Woolworths

A source in the Public Investment Corporation, a shareholder in Woolworths, says the company invests money from the Government Employees Pension Fund.

Woolworths food and clothing retailer.

Woolworths response to boycott ‘irresponsible’

A group of businesspeople who hold shares in Woolworths have voiced their concerns about how the retailer has dealt with the boycott of its products.

The British government holds the Kremlin ultimately responsible for the cyber campaign. (Reuters)

Russia responds to Ukraine sanctions, bans Western foods

The decision to ban most food imports from the West shows that President Vladimir Putin has no intention of bowing to Western pressure over Ukraine.

Thomas Ramahlo in front of his home in Winnie Mandela informal settlement in Tembisa.

US academic association backs boycott of Israeli educational bodies

The American Studies Association says its move to boycott Israeli schools is "in solidarity with scholars and students deprived of academic freedom".