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By Ali Abunimah

December 21, 2012 -- Electronic Intifada -- For the first time ever, the African National Congress (ANC), the ruling party in South Africa, today made the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) on Israel part of its official policy.

Mbuyiseni Ndlozi of BDS South Africa said the decision “by the ANC’s National Conference, its highest decision making body, is by far the most authoritative endorsement of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel campaign”.

In a press release, BDS South Africa explained: "In October 2012, the ANC’s International Solidarity Conference (ISC) declared its full support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel campaign.

"Today, Lindiwe Zulu announced at the ANC’s 53rd National Conference plenary session, the ANC’s official endorsement .... Giving muscle to resolution 39 (b), the ANC has committed to set up a steering committee to implement these ISC resolutions.

By Mercia Andrews

January 13, 2013 -- International Viewpoint -- The protests and mobilisation that started in the small town of De Doorns on November 6, 2012, galvanised the anger of farm dwellers against decades of discontent at extreme exploitation and oppression that persist on farms, in rural towns and South Africa's agricultural sector.

Lover of fast cars, vintage wine, trout fishing and game farming and the second richest black businessperson in South Africa (global financi

By Terry Bell

December 5, 2012 –

Thousands of Amplats mineworkers rally in Rustenburg, South Africa.

By Leonard Gentle

President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil, Russian President Dimitry Medvedev, India

Storm surge from the cyclone in Durban, March 2007.

By Patrick Bond

SACP's Blade Nzimande leads COSATU members prior to clashes with striking Anglo Platinum miners.

Marikana miners protest against the August 16, 2012, massacre by police.