
Protesters outside the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition’s offices in Cape Town in August 2025. Archive photo: Matthew Hirsch
- Trade minister Parks Tau has told Parliament that there are no plans to review the country’s coal exports to Israel.
- South Africa exported 1.8-million tons of coal to Israel in 2025.
- Tau claims that imposing sanctions against Israel without a United Nations resolution would violate World Trade Organisation (WTO) principles.
- But activists claim South African coal is “fuelling the genocide”, and say there are exceptions to WTO rules which other countries have used to stop exports to Israel.
Minister of Trade and Industry Parks Tau says…
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Satan visits Johannesburg and meets Gatiep.
\”Do you know who i am?\” Satan asks?
\”No I dont\” says Gatiep \”Give me a hint\”.
\”I am the prince of darkness\” says Satan.
\”My F#K\” yells Gatiep \”You\’re the CEO of Eskom then!\”