Following the crowning of Lalela Mswane, from Richards Bay, as Miss South Africa 2021 on Saturday, former president Nelson Mandela’s grandson, Mandla Mandela urged South Africans to boycott the Miss Universe event, which will be held in Israel.
After Lalela was crowned, Mandla Mandela offered her his congratulations in a press release on Sunday, however upon learning that Miss Universe will be hosted in Israel, he called on her and all former Miss South Africa winners to boycott the event in protest at the “occupation and the cruel treatment of Palestinians at the hands of apartheid Israel regime”.
“There is nothing beautiful about occupation, brutality and institutionalised discrimination against the Palestinian people,” said Mandela. He added that the brutal punishment and harassment meted out to Palestinians on a daily basis was horrific, detestable and a crime against humanity.
He further said that the harassments of Palestinians should be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court and that Israel’s occupation was no less despicable than apartheid in South Africa.
Sources: MSN, Daily Sun
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