Black First Land First (BLF) condemns the racist administration of the Democratic Alliance (DA) in Cape Town for using its police to attack the vulnerable. The video material that has gone viral shows police brutality against Comrade Zwelenkosi Ngidi, the Provincial Chairperson of BLF in the Eastern Cape. Comrade Ngidi was part of a peaceful …
By Andile Mngxitama How do we assess a political party? Is it by what it says; what it does; or both? What’s its proclaimed agenda? Does it practice what it preaches? Can it advance the Black Agenda? On Wednesday I went live on my Facebook page and critically evaluated the top three parliamentary parties in …
By Andile Mngxitama Yesterday I asked on Facebook, what makes the Democratic Alliance (DA) the “better devil” in relation to the African National Congress (ANC) – as is claimed by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). No one has since provided an answer. In the absence of a response must we then conclude that people of …
Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni, delivers his budget speech in parliament yesterday. Image: GCIS The budget speech delivered by the Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni, I s nothing short of a direct attack on the poor and a brake on national reconstruction. Mboweni gave nuts and bolts to the pro Stellenbosch State of the Nation Address …
Louis Farrakhan and Malcolm X. Image credit: Atlantic Black Star By Andile Mngxitama I have noticed a new attempt to demonize Brother Louis Farrakhan. There is circulation of his statement soon after the assassination of Brother Malcolm X which seem to approve of the assassination. We will do well to remember that there was a …
BY Andile Mngxitama FW de Klerk says that apartheid was not a “crime against humanity”. Helen Zille says “For those claiming legacy of colonialism was ONLY negative, think of our independent judiciary, transport infrastructure, piped water”. For the Reds of London, Zille is the better devil. How? For them she is so better that she …
By Andile Mngxitama The African National Congress (ANC) was strapped on the FW de Klerk thing because it is not revolutionary – it’s a mere political party. When Black First Land First (BLF) called on the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) to suport us against ABSA, they insulted us. A political party is fighting for its …
By Andile Mngxitama Ramaphosa’s African National Congress (ANC) loves FW de Klerk; the Reds of London give Helen Zille political power – same WhatsApp group. This is the disgraceful politics of the Freedom Charter – it creates the Stockholm syndrome (love and empathy for your tormentors). Was Thandi Modise not brutalized by the apartheid regime …
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Image credit: Bongani Shilubane/ANA Black First Land First (BLF) believes that Cyril Ramaphosa is allowing or encouraging a witchhunt against the Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. This is part of a vendetta against her for the decisions she has taken which adversely affect President Cyril Ramaphosa, Minister Pravin Gordhan, and in particular …
Image credit: amazon.com By BO Staff Writer The book “Coalition Country: South Africa After the ANC“ by Leon Schreiber was published before the 2019 general election in two editions being on 19 March 2018, and 2 April 2018. It suggests that the African National Congress (ANC), now ruling South Africa (SA) for over 20 years, …
