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 …
By Motapo We Zi’Gidi Shame ANC. Did you know that Tanzania doesn’t debate but hits whites monopoly capital very hard? It is quite depressing to be a black South African today because our politicians are scared and terrified by Ruperts, Rothschilds, Soros, et.al. They argue for days if white capital is a problem or not, …
By BO Staff Writer On Saturday evening a packed Blacks in Dialogue (BID) event of Black First Land First (BLF) debated the organizations response to the ruling party’s Policy Discussion documents. The BLF response titled “Don’t sell us out again“ outlines several key policy proposals to realise Radical Economic Transformation (RET). BLF leader, Andile Mngxitama …
By Phapano Phasha Hendrik Verwoerd was assassinated in 1966. Whilst Prime Minister in 1962, he was quoted in Parliament as saying, “Mr Oppenheimer with all that monetary power and with his powerful machine which is spread all over the whole country he can, if he so chooses, exercise an enormous influence against the government and …
By BO Staff Writer In the race for who will succeed Zuma in the African National Congress (ANC), it’s clear that white monopoly capital, along with its propaganda arm in the media, favour Cyril Ramaphosa. This is for the obvious reason that Ramaphosa is pro-white monopoly capital. Ramaphosa, the man who negotiated the “rainbow nation” …
By BO Staff Writer The African National Congress (ANC) and the African Independent Congress (AIC) have concluded talks and adopted a memorandum of understanding on their coalition partnership, which they had entered into after last year’s local government elections. The two parties went into coalition in the Ekurhuleni, Rustenburg, Umkhanyakude and “other municipalities where both …
By BO Staff Writer Former Deputy Finance Minister, Mcebisi Jonas, has resigned as African National Congress (ANC) member of parliament, but will remain a member of the party. Jonas is the second MP to resign this week after former Transport Minister Dipuo Peters resigned yesterday. The resignations come after the two were sacked by President …
By BO Staff Writer The African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) has criticised the ANC Parliament caucus’s decision to not vote with the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) to amend the Consitution to allow for expropriation of land without compensation. The ANC caucus, led by Jackson Mthembu, betrayed Jacob Zuma’s call to expropriate land without compensation, …
By BO Staff Writer Seventeen banks, which have been implicated in a corruption scandal involving fixing the prices of the rand, are a “criminal gang” which is “protected by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan”, the Black First Land First (BLF) movement said in a statement this morning. The …
By Ayanda Tshazi In these rural parts of KwaZulu Natal (KZN), in the Midlands, the African National Congress (ANC) should rightfully not have uvalo for the 2019 national elections. The rural people here and in many parts of KZN have seen service delivery change their material lives for the better. My grandfather in the South …
