Former president FW de Klerk. Image credit: Thobile Mathonsi/African News Agency/ANA Black First Land First (BLF) shall be taking several concrete steps to bring FW de Klerk to justice. Amongst measures to be taken is to ask the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to indicate if it is not going to prosecute de Klerk for the …
By Andile Mngxitama So black people who claim to be revolutionary don’t know that apartheid is a baby of colonialism? Apartheid as a formal system was only implemented in 1948. Colonialism in South Africa (SA) starts in 1652 and by 1948 it had rendered blacks landless slaves. So when your anger is towards FW de …
By Andile Mngxitama You Reds of London are angry with me for pointing out your hypocrisy and opportunism. There is no difference between FW de Klerk praising apartheid and Helen Zille praising colonialism. Zille is indeed an unrepentant supporter of colonialism but you are so cool with her. You even give her political power and …
BY Andile Mngxitama FW de Klerk says that apartheid was not a “crime against humanity”. Helen Zille says “For those claiming legacy of colonialism was ONLY negative, think of our independent judiciary, transport infrastructure, piped water”. For the Reds of London, Zille is the better devil. How? For them she is so better that she …
Image: BO archives By BO Staff Writer Black Opinion previously published a piece titled, “Who Is Lord Robin Renwick Julius Malema’s Handler From London?”. The content is still relevant and in fact timeless. We have received very encouraging feedback which we are now publishing for your reading pleasure. In the meanwhile, for those who have …
By Andile Mngxitama Did you know that formal apartheid was launched in South Africa (SA) in 1948 and ended in 1994. That’s a life span of 46 years. In that period the Afrikaners completely set themselves up – from agriculture, to banking to, insurance. Do you know that the African National Congress (ANC) has been …
By BO Staff Writer The following statement was previously published on the Black First Land First website and is now reissued by Black Opinion: Yesterday, a delegation of Black First Land First (BLF) national leaders led by our President Andile Mngxitama, held a succeful meeting with the Executive Director of Amnesty International for Southern Africa, …
By BO Staff Writer Last night, the University of Cape Town Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command (UCT EFFSC) hosted a talk by the EFF Spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi. The spokesperson, affectionately known as ‘People’s Bae’ may have lost his ‘Bae-ness’ after the talk. Ndlozi pushed his way through a cringeworthy talk on postcolonial liberation movements, leaving …
By BO Staff Writer Today, 57 years ago, the leader of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, woke up at 5 a.m. in his home in Mofolo, Soweto, and got ready for the day of planned nationwide action against pass laws. It is said that from as early as August 1959, “Sobukwe was …
By Kwara Kekana on behalf of BDS South Africa The human rights and Palestine solidarity organization, BDS South Africa, is shocked that South Africa’s Public Protector, Advocate Thuli Madonsela, participated in a fundraising event on the 21st of September 2016 with the Israel United Appeal-United Communal Fund (IUA-UCF). The IUA-UCF forms part of, and sends …
