By BO Staff Writer The following statement was previously published on the Black First Land First website and is now reissued by Black Opinion: In the afternoon of this year’s Good Friday, the USA-based leadership of the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP) met with the leadership of Black First Land First (BLF) in Johannesburg. The …
By BO Staff Writer The radical black consciousness movement, Black First Land First (BLF) is set to host its Radical Economic Transformation Now rally today in Thokoza. The movement says the rally seeks to “send a clear message to the government and the ruling party” on the questions of land expropriation without compensation, the implementation …
By BO Staff Writer Today judgement was handed down on the Black First Land First’s (BLF) application for the Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) to unban their return planned march to KPMG. The follow-up march was banned earlier this month when member of the Johannesburg Metro police department (JMPD), Inspector Nkuna, refused to grant BLF …
By BO Staff Writer The following statement was originally published on the Black First Land First website. On September 5, 2016 our movement issued the following statement which we are reissuing below in the light of the parliamentary coup planned for today. We have chosen the path of anti imperialism and we are at war …
By BO Staff Writer Money is being raised by white monopoly capital in South Africa and abroad to destroy the radical black consciousness movement Black First Land First (BLF). Sources who do not want to be name for fear of reprisal have told Black Opinion that part of the funds are being used to legally …
By BO Staff Writer Black First Land First (BLF) president, Andile Mngxitama told journalists on Tuesday that white people are not invited to a land gathering that the movement is organising. “White people must not come unless they are coming to give us our land back,” Mngxitama said, answering a question from a journalist. “We …
By BO Staff Writer Last Friday the Press Ombud Johan Retief, acting on a complaint lodged with him by Black First Land First (BLF), ruled that News24 had committed certain serious offences in terms of the Code of Ethics and Conduct. In this regard, News24 had misrepresented that Professor Chris Malikane had called for the …
By BO Staff Writer The Black First Land First (BLF) has won a case against the white owned News24 online publication, after it laid a charge with the Press Ombudsman, relating to the atrocious reporting by News24 on Chris Malikane’s statements regarding taking up arms for radical economic transformation. Press ombudsman, Johan Retief, ruled that …
By BO Staff Writer Why did African National Congress Member of Parliament (ANC MP) and Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance, Yunus Carrim, allow the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) to lie to parliament about black ownership? This is the question many ask after the joint sitting of the finance and trade and industry portfolios …
By BO Staff Writer The Black First Land First (BLF) movement is the latest party to release a statement about a heated argument which ensued between BLF members and ANC MP, Yunus Carrim, yesterday in the joint sitting between the committee of trade and industry and committee of finance. The revolutionary movement clarified what happened …
