By Andile Mngxitama Black First Land First (BLF) is the only blacks only organization in South Africa. There’s a record number of objections against us at the IEC (they didn’t want us in parliament) We were in court every day of the week in the lead up to the 2019 national elections, including the day …
Julius Malema is a dangerous demagogue who manipulates genuine issues for political gain in order to delay the emancipatory struggle of black people. Malema speaks black so as to confuse our people into thinking he is on their side when in fact, he is defending white land thieves. His stunts in Senekal once again prove …
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 My biggest fear is the capacity of anti blackness to assimilate resistance to itself and render it its tool of oppression. That’s why the language of Black First Land First (BLF) is so clear. It can’t be assimilated into oppression, hence we get banned. The knee on George Floyd‘s neck is symbolic …
By Andile Mngxitama Yesterday (8 May 2020) marked a year since the 2019 general elections in South Africa.Those elections were not free and fair. It was rigged at the behest of White Monopoly Capital (WMC) which panicked at the possibility of Black First Land First (BLF) entering parliament towards its institutional obliteration. WMC invested massively …
BLF leadership from left: Tshidiso Tsimong (Office of Secretary General, Logistics), Zanele Lwana (Deputy President), Andile Mngxitama (President), Ntsako Mthethwa (Gauteng Secretary), and Skhumbuzo Mazibuko (Gauteng Chairperson). Image credit: BLF. By Andile Mngxitama We had a successful launch yesterday at the Riverlea High School of the four party electoral pact to contest Ward 68 in the …
Today Black First Land First (BLF) declares its participation in a three party electoral pact to contest Ward 68 in the City of Johannesburg Municipal By-Elections scheduled for 18 March 2020. The historic tripartite pact between BLF, Sakhisizwe Convention (SA) and the Patriotic Alliance (PA) shall be launched today at 11am at Riverlea High School. …
By Andile Mngxitama It’s a stupid question. No one has done anything for black people. We are all still oppressed. And there is no messiah coming to help blacks. Black people come to Black First Land First (BLF) with many problems. We do what we can, but we often can’t help them because we have …
By Andile Mngxitama Black First Land First (BLF) dramatises a Black Consciousness critique of the anti blackness of the South African socio, economic and political reality that was inherited in 1994 and has not changed fundamentally. You can’t fully understand the black positionality in South Africa (SA) today without understanding what BLF is in the …
Jabu Mabuza. Image credit: Moneyweb By BO Staff Writer The chairman of Eskom, Jabu Mabuza, resigned from his position on Friday in a dramatic way. The day was full of confusion and counter accusations following the revelation that Ramaphosa was lied to by both Pravin Gordhan and the Eskom board about loadsheding. Ramaphosa was forced …