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Tribute honours legacy of Rev Jesse Jackson and his solidarity with South Africa

Jackson was awarded South Africa’s National Order of the Companions of OR Tambo in Silver in 2013

  • Kibo Ngowi
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Francesca Albanese, told an audience at the University of Cape Town on Monday evening that universities, corporations and states have a legal and ethical responsibility to halt what she described as genocide taking place in Gaza. (Nelson Mandela Foundation)

UCT hosts key address as Albanese prepares to present Gaza genocide report to UN

The UN special rapporteur said her report identifies 48 entities linked to ‘displacement and replacement’, a policy she says has taken Palestinians off their land

  • Eyaaz
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UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occuopied Territories, Francesca Albanese addressed a packed Groote Kerk in Cape Town om SUnday afternoon, 26 October 2025. Photo: David Harrison

Francesca Albanese to present report on the Gaza genocide

The UN special rapporteur will present her report “Gaza Genocide: Collective Crime” to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, from Cape Town

  • Eyaaz
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Law and justice: Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, is in South Africa to deliver the 23rd Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture on Saturday. Photo: Nelson Mandela Foundation

‘I’m not here to make you comfortable’, says UN’s Francesca Albanese

The UN envoy says South Africa is central to the global fight against the genocide in Gaza

  • Eyaaz
7 min read