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Article

6 Oct 2014

Author:
Lucky Biyase, Business Day (South Africa)

So. Africa: Woolworths threatens divestment group with legal action for putting "safety of staff and customers at risk"

'Woolies threatens boycotters', October 5 2014: Woolworths might haul the Boycott, Divest and Sanction (BDS) group...to court because...activists’ threats have put the safety of staff and customers “at risk”...spokesman Babs Dlamini said...Woolworths has been the main target of BDS, a pro-Palestinian lobby group targeting companies doing business with Israel...Ms Dlamini said that, just as BDS had the right to protest, the group’s employees had the right to work and its customers had the right to shop without being intimidated...BDS, which has held more than 40 protests at Woolworths stores around the country...plans to ramp up the pressure when the retailer holds its annual general meeting...BDS activist Mohammed Desai...denies that BDS has intimidated staff or customers, saying he would encourage Woolworths to report such cases to the police...[Also refers to Cape Gate, Caterpillar, Coca-Cola, G4S]