COSATU supports the call on Glencore to stop sending coal to Israel – fuelling apartheid and genocide is a crime
22 August 2024
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) supports the global call by working class and international solidarity organisations to stop the energy lifeline for the apartheid state of Israel.
Israel relies on energy, coal in particular, from three countries, globally. These are Colombia, Russia and South Africa. Colombia, in brave act of decisiveness and solidarity, suspended all coal exports to Israel. We are inspired by our Colombian comrades for this great act of true solidarity and internationalism.
We note that Glencore is part of a global cartel involved in facilitating coal exports to Israel, which fuels the genocidal crimes by the Netanyahu regime against the Palestinian people.
This is part of a plan by a few multinational companies to control global energy markets and therefore, determine the development prospects of different countries and regions of the world. Africa is not part of that future development trajectory they are imposing.