By Yerushka Chetty The scathing letter sent by Vatiswa Ndara (the main actor of the television drama ‘iGazi’) to the Minister of Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, requesting that he deals appropriately with Ferguson Films for exploiting actors; and complaining that the Furgusons had underpaid her, calls for an honest appraisal of the exploitation of …
Image: Facebook By Matodzi Ramashia So, you have graduated cum laude from one of the top law universities in the country and have been offered articles with a Big Five law firm. Following years of struggle, you are eager to finally embark on your career as a legal eagle. You battle to conceal your excitement …
By Thobani Zikalala South Africa (SA) is facing a spate of violence which has drawn a lot of media attention recently (violence is not foreign to this country). As we all know a colony like ours survives and maintains itself through violence historically and in present time. This violence includes the recent incidence against foreign …
By Botsang Modimo-wame Moiloa Yesterday, Thursday 1st August 2019 marked exactly one week since I penned a piece below registering my sadness regarding how the Tshwane Metro Police Department sang praises for confiscating what is termed illicit goods. I had shared the piece with one WhatsApp group that I belonged to named TNF and with …
By Ncedisa Mpemnyama His hands flail aggressively, sort of like those of Dhalsim, the video game character from the Street Fighter series. They are weirdly longish and gangly, with clearly visible scars from a fresh round of nyaope injections. He gets animated when he speaks, demanding a cigarette, a Zol or money. His machine gun …
By Phapano Phasha Black People, while you are waking up to go to church, are you aware that KPMG says that the report they had presented to the South African Revenue Services (SARS), which implicates Pravin Gordhan, was fake – and just like Bell Pottinger, they subsequently apologized in a context where they were paid …
By Botsang Moiloa Julius Malema gets misled to remove Mbeki from power. He also gets misled to remove Zuma from power. This time gona o bone masepa struu. How can a smart person like Juju boy always get misled and later apologise? He has apologized about his previous utterances about Mandela. He has apologised to …
By Yerushka Chetty In the context of white monopoly capital, supported by house negroes, denying that white monopoly capital exists, Julius Malema takes months to admit that it does indeed exists. But, immediately after making the admission he attacks so called Indians of KwaZulu Natal (KZN) for being racist (blacks can’t be racist) and economic …
By Ncamisile Sibiya Black First Land First (BLF) has been resolute and fearless in the face of terrorism perpetrated against them by agents of white monopoly capital (WMC). This terrorism was again being enacted by journalists on Radio 702 this morning (2 August 2017), where black journalists Eusebius McKaiser, Ferial Haffajee, Vuyo Mvoko and Sam …
By Yonela Diko Black Opinion is republishing the following article by Yonela Diko that was previously published on the Independent Online (IOL) website on 28 July 2017 Cape Town – On June 16, 2008 Julius Malema political career was officially launched on the public stage when he told the country the ANC Youth league would …
