COSATU reaffirms commitment to BDS against Israel - disappointed by betrayal and selfishness of DJ Black Coffee
4 April 2018
COSATU wishes to reaffirm its commitment to the cause of the Palestinian people and their struggle against apartheid, colonial occupation and racism. We regard this as a struggle for our own dignity as workers and South Africans, who suffered the dehumanisation and waged a relentless struggle, with the undying support of the international community.
It is therefore, inconceivable, for a South African, particularly a black South African and direct beneficiary of untold amounts of solidarity, who knows and has experienced what racism, apartheid and brutal suffering means, to openly and continuously, allow himself to be used by a regime that is the prime force for global racism, colonial occupation and racist dehumanisation of others, in return for a few pennies.
It is true that, even as some may believe Israeli racism is not targeted at them personally, but the racists, equally don’t recognise your own humanity too and therefore, you are part of the sub human flock they seek to subjugate permanently.
We salute all the artists and dignified human beings, who stand firm everyday resisting racist bribery, as they unequivocally affirm the sanctity of justice and freedom for all as an affirmation of their own humanity.