Des Erasmus
Nkosi Zwelivelile “Mandla” Mandela, grandson of South Africa’s deceased former president Nelson Mandela, has said that the current ceasefire in Gaza “does not alter our goal”, as global activists continue to press for an end to Israel’s blockade and the “genocide” of Palestinians.
“[A]s long as borders are controlled by a genocidal government and its backers, even basic necessities will be weaponised against Palestinians,” Mandela said in a statement issued by the Royal House of Mandela (RHoM) this week.
A US-brokered ceasefire in mid-October between Israel and Hamas has brought a temporary and tenuous halt to large-scale fighting. Under the terms, both sides agreed to pause hostilities and allow humanitarian aid deliveries through the Rafah and Kerem Shalom crossings.
But the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and media groups including the BBC and Reuters, have reported intermittent violations from both sides, with the
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