Many poor students have reported to Black First Land First (BLF) that universities and TVET colleges are withholding their academic records because of outstanding fees. This is true even for NSFAS-funded students. This is a cruel unnecessary hardship imposed on students who need to sort out their affairs. We call on the Higher Education Minister, …
By Andile Mngxitama Shonisani Lethole was murdered! This is my layman’s reaction listening to the Health Ombudsman Professor Malegapuru Makgoba deliver his findings on the circumstances around the death of popular businessman Shonisani Lethole. Professor Makgoba was himself battling emotionally as he recounted a staggering litany of what amounts to gross negligence, if not reckless …
Black First Land First (BLF) condemns the continued program of Cyril Ramaphosa and white monopoly capital (WMC) to turn South Africa into a massive laboratory to benefit the evil desire of Stellenbosch for profits. AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine is proven to be outdated and ineffective. Instead of shelving this process of vaccination, Ramaphosa quickly brought in …
By Andile Mngxitama Guys, myself I love Major 1. That’s all thank you! I think he really is an amazing Prophet and super gifted over all leaders. I find his sermons intellectually fulfilling. Have you heard the classic teaching on anticipation of danger and evading it? Look how he puts into practice his teachings. I’m …
By Andile Mngxitama Let’s think together … Cabinet Ministers earn R200 000 (excluding perks) a month, but they give the poor R350 a month during the Covid-19 lockdown. How is this legal and ethical? What do they say when they give the poor who vote for them the R350? Or is the price of bread, …
By Andile Mngxitama In SA a bundle of food for living is R4000 a month. The minimum wage is generally around R3500. Members of Parliament earn R90 000 a month and Cabinet Ministers earn over R200 000 a month. BLF says give the unemployed (including unemployed graduates) a R5000 monthly allowance or a job and …
Black First Land First (BLF) wishes Prophet Bushiri a happy birthday. We love you deeply, man of God. May the Lord God protect you and preserve you. Young, gifted and black, a shepherd after God’s heart feeding us with wisdom and understanding. You will return to this land a free man and continue the work …
By Andile Mngxitama When in 2021 you find black academics writing about “human rights” as a legitimate category of analysis and justice then you know, ignorance is sanctioned in the academy. I don’t mind ordinary people making such conceptual mistakes but you can’t write about the “human” as if both empirically and philosophically we have …
By Andile Mngxitama “I don’t lead terrorists. I lead Africans who want their self-government and land. God did not intend that one nation be ruled by another for ever.” – Dedan Kimathi Yesterday marked the 64th year since the execution of the revolutionary Dedan Kimathi by the British colonialists. Kimathi, who left a teaching job …
By Andile Mngxitama Dear blacks, In war there is the strategic vision (the main objective to be achieved) and then there are tactics (ways to get there). If we agree on the strategic objectives then we may differ on tactics from time to time, it’s not a deal breaker. If you don’t agree or don’t …