By BO Staff Writer The following statement was previously published on the Black First Land First website: The Office of the Public Protector has received a clean audit from the auditor-general (AG) regarding its financial health and management. This shows that the Public Protector, Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane, is leading by example. All public institutions must …
Vukani Community Development (Vukani) is rallying everybody to unite in solidarity behind the Public Protector, Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane, to push government to stop the witch-hunt against her and to allow her to continue serving the people as a Chapter 9 Institution. Vukani is led by Mayibuye Melisizwe Mandela, who is the organization’s chairperson and the …
By BO Staff Writer The following statement was previously published on the Black First Land First website: Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services decided yesterday to start a process to get rid of the Public Protector, Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane. The Democratic Alliance (DA) has instigated this process in defence of President Cyril Ramaphosa, …
Vukani Community Development (Vukani) has learned with great regret that Parliament has decided to establish special rules to start the process of removing Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane as the Public Protector. Vukani respects the democratic values fought for by the likes of Nelson Mandela, Robert Sobukwe and Steve Biko. We support all actions and other efforts …
By BO Staff Writer The following statement was previously published on the Black First Land First website and is now reissued by Black Opinion: Black First Land First (BLF) is not surprised that it took less than five minutes for Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services to resolve to start a process to …
By BO Staff Writer Yesterday, President Ramaphosa applied to the Gauteng High Court to seal certain bank statements contained in the Bosasa report of the Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Black First Land First(BLF) President Andile Mngxitama responded as follows to this news: “This is WMC doing corruption legally. You have to respect Stellenbosch. They are …
By BO Staff Writer The following statement was previously published on the Black First Land First website and is now reissued by Black Opinion: South Africa is a capitalist racist patriarchal colonial enclave. This means that black women are the most oppressed as they suffer the burden of tripple oppression (race, class and patriachy) at …
By BO Staff Writer The application by former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe for leave to appeal against the Pretoria High Court’s decision that he pay back about R11m pension that the power utility had paid him, was dismissed by the Constitutional Court (ConCourt). In its judgement the ConCourt said that it lacked jurisdiction and that …
By BO Staff Writer The following statement was previously published on the Black First Land First website and is now reissued by Black Opinion: It’s plain shocking that the HAWKS have literally jumped at the barking of shady organizations that seem associated with the corrupt Independent Power Producers (IPPs) which are collapsing ESKOM. The complaint …
By BO Staff Writer The following statement was previously published on the Black First Land First website and is now reissued by Black Opinion: The majority decision of the highest court of the land today is an affront to justice and the rule of law. The Constitutional Court has practically left the nation without protection …
