South Africa, Aug. 11 -- Cape Union Mart and its chairperson, Philip Krawitz, have taken the Palestine Solidarity Campaign to court over weekly protests held outside the company's stores since 2023.

At the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday, Krawitz and Cape Union Mart came to an agreement with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), which is expected to be made an order of the court by Judge President Nolwazi Mabindla-Boqwana. The parties will return to court for a hearing in February.

In terms of the agreement, the activists have undertaken not to harass or intimidate customers. The PSC denies having ever done so, but Cape Union Mart's in-house legal counsel Simone Sulcas told GroundUp there is video footage and pictures that prove c...