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• South Africa’s African National Congress endorses Israel boycott, handing BDS movement a victory

  December 21, 2012 2:12pm

  South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress, voted to make boycotts, divestment and sanctions of Israel part of its official policy.

• South African confab brings together Jewish innovators

  February 13, 2012 4:42pm

  A conference in South Africa brought together young Jewish innovators from across the country.

• Jewish anti-apartheid activists honored

  August 29, 2011 3:08pm

  Arthur Goldreich, an anti-apartheid struggle activist, was honored posthumously by the South African Jewish Board of Deputies during its national conference in Johannesburg.

• Black, Jewish cyclists ride together to Durban

  August 22, 2011 4:11pm

  Young black and Jewish cyclists from South Africa joined for a 400-mile journey to Durban as part of the Cycalive outreach program.

• Nat Bregman, Mandela’s ‘first white friend,’ dies at 88

  August 3, 2011 3:43pm

  Nat Bregman, who was described by anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela as his “first white friend,” died in Johannesburg.

• South African group aims to put Israel on trial — again

  July 24, 2011 4:28pm

  Ten years after the notorious Durban conference, an organization planning to put Israel on a show trial in South Africa in November is receiving plenty of attention for what is likely to be a damaging public relations exercise against the Jewish state.

• Petition seeks Goldstone’s ouster from Holocaust centers

  December 13, 2010 12:26am

  Several hundred people have signed on to a petition seeking the removal of Richard Goldstone and Desmond Tutu as patrons of two Holocaust centers in South Africa.

• Muslim supplier cancels Jewish group’s order with rant

  November 2, 2010 6:39pm

  A Muslim-owned supplier in Johannesburg canceled an order placed by a South African Jewish group with comments about “blood money.”

• Israeli envoy: South African bias against Israel ‘disappointing’

  August 29, 2010 7:10pm

  Israel’s envoy to South Africa said the country’s recent bias against Israel is not helping to advance peace in the Mideast.

• Israeli-Palestinian soccer team plays in South Africa

  July 5, 2010 4:49pm

  A combined Israeli-Palestinian soccer team is in South Africa to play on the sidelines of the World Cup tournament.