It’s Biko Day! 43 years later Steve Biko Lives! Black First Land First (BLF) is an orthodox Black Consciousness (BC) organization which insists on the application of Biko’s BC in its purest form because it represents a leap forward from the bowels of black nationalism that sprung from the first encounter between white oppression and …
By Andile Mngxitama Did you know Unilever’s turnover in 2019 was R1 trillion? Yet EFF’s “victory” over Unilever for its racist hair advert will see a mere 5 black students getting bursaries; and a donation of 10 000 sanitary pads valued at about R90 000. We blacks often don’t take ourselves seriously… Moreover both the …
Black First Land First (BLF) rejects the sell-out agreement between the EFF and Unilever. BLF had cautioned that the EFF was entering into a CODESA like sell-out deal. We were right. The whole negotiations served to protect the executive who was responsible for the racist advertisement. We now believe that the executive is a white man. …
Black First Land First (BLF) is aware that Julius Malema is on the verge of pick pocketing Clicks. A meeting like that of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) will be held today with Clicks. This tea and biscuits meeting follows the same pattern of meetings like those held with the Johannesburg Stock …
By Andile Mngxitama If you missed the amazing exchange between myself and the Commander in Chief (CIC) of the Black Hammer Organization, Comrade Gazi Kodzo, check the link below. For me some of the most important themes that we must still revisit include: 1. Understanding racism as an idea and as a material factor. 2. …
By Andile Mngxitama I believe that the ruling class (white monopoly capital) in South Africa (SA) is aware that a revolutionary situation is brewing. The oppressed youth and the starving black working class are restless. The ongoing open corruption of capital with the help of the Ramaphosa administration is mobilizing anger for a possible anti …
By Andile Mngxitama Forget the gimmicks: check this…. The South African economy has shrunk some 51%. Over 3 million workers have lost their jobs adding to the 10 million unemployed. R500 billion has been given to white monopoly capital (WMC). The people are starving. The state is indifferent and politicians are playing games. This is …
By Sphelele Khumalo “O my body, make of me always a man who questions!” – Frantz Fanon, Black Skin White Masks One gets their spirit unceasingly fired up when they think about the state of the black church in South Africa. From the long warm walls of synagogues to the small shacks filling the unoccupied …
The artists arrested for engaging in a peaceful protest on the N3 in Durban last Wednesday will appear in court today. Black First Land First (BLF) calls on the government of Cyril Ramaphosa to drop all charges against the artists. These artists are not criminals. They are being starved as the government gives all the …
Helen Botes and Imraan Bhamjee By BO Staff Writer The protest by SAMWU (South African Municipal Workers Union) during which it disrupted a three hour mayoral committee meeting last week and demanded that the investigation into corruption be stopped against Helen Botes, the chief executive officer (CEO) and Imraan Bhamjee, the chief financial officer (CFO) …
