By Vuyolwethu Mqaba Vuyo Mqaba, a Black First Land First (BLF) member and one of the 26 BLF members who were arrested when the organisation protested at the offices of the public protector pens a detailed five-part series documenting their time at the Kgosi Mampuru II maximum security prison. Read Part 1 here. Part 2 …
By Vuyolwethu Mqaba Vuyo Mqaba, a Black First Land First (BLF) member and one of the 26 BLF members who were arrested when the organisation protested at the offices of the public protector pens a detailed five-part series documenting their time at the Kgosi Mampuru II maximum security prison. Part I is called: Arrest and …
#BLF26 prison diary: Part 1 By Yerushka Chetty During my 9th year of age, months went by without any sign of my dad. He just stopped visiting us. I was troubled by this but as there was an unspoken rule at home that we don’t speak of him, I didn’t ask. My father was into …
By BO Staff Writer The following statement was previously published in the Black First Land First website and is now reissued by Black Opinion: Twenty six Black First Land First members (also known as the #BLF26) will appear again this morning in the Pretoria Regional Court – located at the corner of Francis Baard & …
By Ncedisa Mpemnyama His hands flail aggressively, sort of like those of Dhalsim, the video game character from the Street Fighter series. They are weirdly longish and gangly, with clearly visible scars from a fresh round of nyaope injections. He gets animated when he speaks, demanding a cigarette, a Zol or money. His machine gun …
By BO Staff Writer The following statement was first published on the Black First Land First website and is now reissued by Black Opinion: Public violence, trespassing, assault, and kidnapping are the serious false charges that twenty six Black First Land First members (also known as the #BLF26) are still facing 21 months after their …
By BO Staff Writer Twenty-six Black First Land First members (#BLF26) who were arrested last year at the office of the Public Protector for protesting against white corruption, including the theft of R26 billion from the Reserve Bank, and state capture by white monopoly capital, will appear at the Pretoria Regional Court tomorrow. They are …
By Yerushka Chetty Comrades please allow me to share my reflections today with you. Reactions to the corrupt ANC are natural and necessary. From 2010 (when I was first introduced to the September National Imbizo (SNI)), Andile Mngxitama was exposing the ANC for what we know it to be today. Personally, for me it’s been …
By BO Staff Writer The 26 Black First Land First (BLF) members arrested last year at the office of the Public Protector appeared at the Pretoria Regional Court 10 on 02 February 2017. The following order was made by the Regional Magistrate: 1. The case is postponed to 15 March 2017. 2. The defence will …
By BO Staff Writer 26 Black First Land First members (BLF26) shall appear at the Pretoria Regional Court tomorrow, 2 February 2017, at 9:00 am. This is their fifth appearance in court on false charges of public violence, trespassing, kidnapping and intimidation. On 18 July 2016 the BLF26 engaged in protest action at the Office of the former Public …
