By Andile Mngxitama The post-African National Congress (ANC) lekgotla statement by Cyril Ramaphosa is a distortion of the land expropriation without compensation process. Ramaphosa is playing political football with a matter of life and death. First of all, the impression created that the public hearings on land expropriation are about constitutional democracy is a blatant …
Dear mother, our fathers have sold us out. Save us! Dear Ms Duarte, I am reminded of your speech at the memorial of Mama Winnie Madikizela Mandela, of how you defended her character against assassination from the colonial masters who seeked her until her death. I was inspired by your courage, a courage we do …
By BO Staff Writer Deputy president of the ‘Reds of London’ did a sneaky “slyza tsotsi” on a long scheduled panel discussion on land expropriation without compensation happening at the University of South Africa (Unisa) today. Floyd Shivambu, who is the second in command to Julius Malema in the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), was scheduled …
By BO Staff Writer Tom Moyane is being punished by the Stellenbosch mafia to protect Pravin Gordhan. Basically Gordhan, as the former head of the South African Revenue Services (SARS), had set up an illegal unit to spy on targeted individuals and other government arms such as the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). The unit, which …
The following article was previously published on 30 October 2017 on the BLF website and is reissued by BO. Today the same and racist and hostile Judge which presided over the BLF/SANEF case denied Black First Land First (BLF) the right to appeal. BLF will take the SANEF matter to Appeals Court. BLF regards this …
By BO Staff Writer Today judgement was handed down on the Black First Land First’s (BLF) application for the Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) to unban their return planned march to KPMG. The follow-up march was banned earlier this month when member of the Johannesburg Metro police department (JMPD), Inspector Nkuna, refused to grant BLF …
By BO Staff Writer The board chair of the South African Airways (SAA), Dudu Myeni, answered questions at the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) today relating to SAA’s evergreen contracts, the leasing of aeroplanes, the hiring of consultants and Coleman Andrews’ role in bankrupting SAA. SCOPA did not take too kindly to the news …
By Andile Mngxitama I have learned that in the morning of June 16, 2017 you took to radio to insult me and the revolutionary movement I represent – Black First Land First (BLF). You can do that on radio or in the numerous press conferences you hold with a bevy of star struck journalists who …
By Andile Mngxitama It may strike many as an outlandish claim that the Cape Storms are a direct product of global capitalism and its local representatives we know as white monopoly capital. Truth is for the last 500 years or so, capitalists have not just destroyed people through the long holocaust of the cross Atlantic …
By Andile Mngxitama All indications are that the Minister of Finance, Mr Pravin Gordhan, shall be recalled within days. It’s no longer a matter of if, but a matter of when. This presents the nation and those who seek a move from the colonial structure of the economy into a more pro-black economic dispensation, with …
