by BO staff writer date 11 April 2016 A deliberate lie has been hatched and promoted that black people cannot fight racism and white supremacy as BLACKS ONLY. This is the lie the likes of Steve Biko and Malcolm X had to fight against. White liberals, those who claim to be on the side of …
By BO Staff Writer What is “State Capture?” There is an assumption that we all know what these words mean. We all repeat these words and the media uses them as short hand to refer to the controversial relationship between the State President, Preasident Jacob Zuma, and the Gupta family. It has come to pass that, “State …
It’s now an established truth that, “(t)he first casualty, when war comes, is truth”. Black Opinion (BO), seeks to go against the lies of white media and strive to speak the forbidden black truth. We are happy to announce this instrument of black opinion to counter the whitewashed news media and analysis. Black Opinion is committed …
by Lerato Lephatsa date: 10 April 2016 Recently the country that is South Africa has found itself immersed in what the mainstream media calls “state capture” by a wealthy family called the Guptas, through it’s purported relationship with President Jacob Zuma. It has been alleged that they have huge influence in Cabinet appointments which is …
by Mbe Mbhele date: 10 April 2016 The call for land should not be reduced to a slogan that sensationalizes placards. It should not only be a literary achievement, which is to say it should not only exist in books, poetry and struggle songs. The demand for our dispossessed land should be a war …
By Qhamaninande Ma Afrika As of the past two weeks South Africa has officially become America’s dumping site. Yep, the chicken has landed and is apparently already being sold in the Durban area under the name Jwayelani. Quite apt don’t you think that like the people bringing it to you, it is already telling you to …
By BO staff writer The call for #ZumaMustFall, which was condemned last year for being racist by progressive organisations such as National Union of Metal Workers Union of South Africa (NUMSA) and Black First Land First (BLF), seem to be part of a world wide strategy for regime change in BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, …
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By Pinky Khoabane There’s perhaps no clearer example of capitalists’ use of economic power to muzzle opponents than the decisions by financial institutions and an auditing firm to cut ties with investment company, Oakbay Resources and Energy which, until last friday was owned by the Gupta family. In the past week, ABSA, FNB and KPMG …
By BO Staff Writer The once radical, anti-capitalist, socialist Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) of Julius Malema has been uncharacteristically silent on the call for the State President to step down by what Malema used to call the Stellenbosch Mafia King – the powerful South African capitalist Johann Rupert. Last week Rupert came out guns blazing …