“In Peru, the implementation of neoliberalism by force, and its triggering of violent uprisings, bears striking similarities to Chile’s recent history. The neoliberal model was implemented in Peru by former President Alberto Fujimori, who gained office in 1990 following the presidency of Alan Garcíaof the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance, APRA. Garcia’s moves to nationalize banking …
Image credit: Daily Maverick The revelation by the former scribe of Daily Maverick (DM), Karabo Modiba, that he was paid to write propaganda pieces against certain leaders doesn’t surprise Black First Land First (BLF) at all. DM has long stopped being an objective media outlet when it chose to be the bulldog of the Stellenbosch …
By Andile Mngxitama How is this possible? What muti do the relatives of politicians drink to make them overnight handlers of businesses of millions of rand. Think about Floyd Shivambu and his brother Brian Shivambu; as well as Julius Malema and his cousin Matsobane Phaleng, regarding VBS looting of millions. Effectively Sgameka, a company owned …
By Andile Mngxitama The African National Congress (ANC) January 8th event is a great opportunity for the ruling party to rescue itself from a lack luster twenty five years in power. South Africa (SA) is currently undergoing a deep crisis at all fronts. The economy is on reverse gear with the World Bank economic growth …
By Andile Mngxitama South African politics have been normalised as politics. Basically, the game of how the powerful maintains their power and the status qou is protected. For a little while around 2014, there was a glimmer of hope that mainstream politics would be disrupted from within the arena of bourgeois politics. This has come …
By Andile Mngxitama Ranjeni Munusamy, Karima Brown and Julius Malema were lepers in the eyes of white monopoly capital (WMC) media towards the 52nd African National Congress (ANC), Polokwane Conference held in December 2007, because they were in team Jacob Zuma. They won when Zuma was elected as the President of the ANC and subsequently …
By BO Staff Writer The following statement was previously published on the Black First Land First website and is now reissued by Black Opinion: Profile of the main donors Maria Ramos Ramos evidentially has bought the position Public Investment Corporation board member which was announced by the Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni last month. BLF …
By BO Staff Writer The following statement was previously published on the Black First Land First website and is now reissued by Black Opinion: Deputy Minister of Finance Mondli Gungubele is implicated in serious criminal activities involving corruption at the Public Investment Corporation (PIC). Black First Land First (BLF) says it is not enough to …
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 …
