By BO Staff Writer Sources close to the leadership of the Democratic Alliance (DA) claim that the leader of the opposition party has been summoned to London by Lord Robin Renwick. This follows the tension in the party after the racist comments by the party’s effective leader, Helen Zille. Maimane has been put under pressure …
By Lufuno Gogoro It is undeniable that Frantz Fanon identifies European, or “white” culture as racist to the core. It is equally undeniable that he affirmed the likelihood of the discourses of knowledge emanating from this culture being equally racist. It stands to reason that a culture, which regards itself as being superior to all …
By Thobani Zikalala I send revolutionary greetings to all. I, like many of you, am a child of the dispossessed masses of Black people in Occupied Azania – the so called “rainbow nation” South Africa! As such, I feel obliged to write this letter to you today, which will be made permanent not with the …
By King Zwelibanzi Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo This article was originally published on the Daily Dispatch website. Bantwana Abahle (Good People), I would like to convey my message of inspiration for the new year 2017. I pray that you will enter the new year with the spirit of patriotism and remember what our fallen ancestors died for. Your …
In honour of the revolutionary contributions of Queen Nzinga who died 353 years ago Black Opinion is reissuing the following statement published on the Black First Land First blog on 17 December 2015. December 17, 1663 is the death date of Queen Nzinga (Nzinga Mbande). On this 352nd anniversary of her death BLF takes the …
Media Statement “You can kill revolutionaries, but you can never kill ideas.” – Thomas Sankara University of KwaZulu Natal BLF-Student Movement (UKZN BLF-SM) would like to thank all the students of the UKZN Howard College Campus who participated and voted in the Student Representetive Council (SRC) elections. Your voices have not fallen into deaf ears. …
By BO Staff Writer As the SRC election hots up in the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN), there has been provocation against the Black First Land First Student Movement (BLF-SM) on campus. Both the EFF Student Command and ANC-aligned SASCO are in a panic mode and have resorted to tearing down BLF-SM posters, taking pamphlets …
By Thobani Zikalala “Each generation must out of relative obscurity discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it. … When we revolt it’s not for a particular culture. We revolt simply because, for many reasons, we can no longer breathe” – Frantz Fanon In 2015, the greater student population of this country made the call …
By Zama Khumalo For me it came all of a sudden that Pastor Xola Skosana said this thing that he said and I read it but I didn’t honestly get what the pastor was saying concerning the #HandsOffZumaCampaign. It appears he doesn’t like the campaign because he says the person being protected is a rapist …
Since the inception of the Black First Land First Student Movement (BLF-SM), we have maintained the clear call for Free Black Centered Socialist Education. This call is rooted in the liberation of black people and the total crushing of the anti-black system that maintains black oppression. We want decolonised education in a decolonised society, not …
