By Phapano Phasha Between 1996 and 2005 Trevor Manual, in his capacity as Finance Minister, was the sole trustee and custodian of the Government Employee Pension Fund (GEPF) which at the time of inception had assets close to R200 billion. As a sole trustee of GEPF, Mr Trevor Manual did not report or account to …
by The Black Eye Last week retired Judge Kroon was the latest victim of Pravin Gordhan’s intimidation squad. Kroon’s woes follow many people who have lost jobs and whose careers have been destroyed after they found that there was an unlawful unit at SARS during his tenure as Commissioner. Kroon sensationally recanted his finding at …
By BO Staff Writer After Jacob Zuma was removed from office via a coup sponsored by imperialist interests in cahoots with settler white monopoly capital Ramaphosa ,who replaced him, speedily reinstated advocates of his political agenda into cabinet positions. Ramaphosa thus declared carte blanche to white monopoly capital to loot with impunity. In this context, …
By BO Staff Writer On 28 July 2018 criminal charges of tobacco trafficking, money laundering, fraud, corruption, bribery and tax evasion were laid by Black First Land First (BLF) against Adriano Mazzotti at the CR Swartz Police Station in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. The following statement, which was subsequently delivered at a media briefing and published on the movement’s website, is now reissued …
By BO Staff Writer The following affidavit which was submitted to the CR Swartz Police Station in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal on 27 July 2018 in support of the criminal charges laid by Black First Land First against Adriano Mazzotti, was previously published on the movement’s website and is now reissued by Black Opinion: I the undersigned Andile Mngxitama do …
By Tshepo Kgadima South Africans should brace for severe load shedding this winter. Coal stockpiles at several Eskom power stations are running at between 1 and 3 days. This is by design. I will provide realtime coal stockpile levels at various Eskom power stations on a daily basis from later this afternoon. Looting and profiteering …
By BO Staff Writer The following statement was previously published on the Black First Land First website and us now reissued by Black Opinion: This weekend’s reports that the Oppenheimer family may have financially induced the African National Congress (ANC) to grant it a permit to host its own private international airport, are a cause …
By BO Staff Writer The following statement was first published on the Black First Land First website and is now reissued by Black Opinion: Yesterday 26 March, the community of Orange Farm led by Black First Land First (BLF) undertook a march to the local police station where they handed over a memorandum. Amongst their …
By BO Staff Writer 1. Sunday Times racism against black journalists The South African white owned media operates like the mafia. This bogus media never reports on itself. Senior black journalists at Sunday Times have been served their owm medicine when they found themselves victims of racism as they always whitewash for their boses. But …
By BO Staff Writer On 29 July 2017 BLF charged the following 18 banks for various offences including collusion, corruption, theft, fraud and money laundering relating to price fixing and the division of the markets: Accused 1: Bank of America Merrill Lynch International Limited (Bank of America); Accused 2: BNP Paribas; Accused 3: JP Morgan …
