ANC and Numsa join Global Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

Johnathan Paoli

Both the ANC as well as Numsa have declared their support and are participating in the Global Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on Wednesday in Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown, Johannesburg.

The UN General Assembly had in 1977, called for the annual observance of 29 November as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (resolution 32/40 B). On that day, in 1947, the Assembly adopted the resolution on the partition of Palestine (resolution 181 (II)).

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) urged its members to participate in the event saying the working class from different unions, political parties and working class formations will be marching as a show of Solidarity with Palestine.

Numsa General Secretary Irvin Jim said the union has always had a long standing resolution on Palestine, rejected the Gaza Genocide and supported the demands for sanctions, boycotts and