By Hloni Mashigo As a political journalist, I’m often asked if the 40 white journalists who were paid by the apartheid government to destroy Winnie Mandela are still operational. My immediate answer is Yes! and even worse, they’re not only 40 and not all white. The Stratcom project to discredit black leaders who stand against …
Dear editor, and fellow South Africans, The problem with journalists who are paid to write stories to discredit people for political reasons is that they report no facts and do no research of their own but regurgitate the lies fed to them by their handlers. Let me begin by stating that I am aware of …
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) calls on the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises (Committee) to immediately stop the harassment of Ms Dudu Myeni. It is clear that the Committee is driven …
By BO Staff Writer The outgoing South African Airways (SAA) chaiperson, Dudu Myeni, writes a fiery and necessary response to attacks from the racist media. Read Myeni’s full statement below: I note with aversion the latest salvo directed at me in the article of September 25, 2017 by Fin 24 (headlined: Delay of SAA financials …
By BO Staff Writer As the nation celebrated the firing of former minister of education, Blade Nzimande, it was revealed that South African Airways (SAA) board chair, Dudu Myeni would be leaving the airline. Myeni’s contract was coming to an end, so for some, this came as no surprise, but for others who admired Myeni …
By BO Staff Writer The board chair of the South African Airways (SAA), Dudu Myeni, answered questions at the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) today relating to SAA’s evergreen contracts, the leasing of aeroplanes, the hiring of consultants and Coleman Andrews’ role in bankrupting SAA. SCOPA did not take too kindly to the news …
By BO Staff Writer The black radical political formation, Black First Land First (BLF) has asked the parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance to remove former Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, from the committee and parliament. In a letter addressed to the Committee, the movement also said it plans to open a case against the Committee on …
By BO Staff Writer The attack on black senior managers, who are pro-Radical Economic Transformation (RET), is intensifying. White monopoly capital (WMC), emboldened by the silencing of Brian Molefe, Dr Ben Ngubane and Hlaudi Motsoeneng, has now turned its attention to the chairperson of the Board of Directors of the South African Airways (SAA), Dudu …
By BO Staff Writer A highly placed source within the South African Airways (SAA) airline has revealed that the Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, will finally fire the Chairperson of the SAA Board, Dudu Myeni, at a board meeting expected to be held today. Gordhan is fed up with Myeni who has been frustrating his plan …
By BO Staff Writer State airline, South African Airways (SAA), should be investigated for corruption and lack of transformation via a Judicial Commission of Inquiry or Parliamentary Inquiry, the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) said on Thursday. In a statement, the women’s league said it noted reports which show that white businesses and individuals …
