By Andile Mngxitama I have received very encouraging messages from the student leadership of the 1992 to 1996 and the 2000 to 2007 generations, who were inspired by the conversation we had last night (17 May 2020) with some brilliant fallists on the influences or otherwise of my essay ‘Blacks Can’t Be Racist’ on the …
By Kamvelihle Goba Big up to Andile Mngxitama and Mpho Matsitle for the platform as well as for insisting on uncharted conversations. What is important about conversations of this nature is not agreement but having the conversation itself. Never get tired of teaching Andile. Masixole Mlandu generally has a beautiful mind. Insights from Simthandile Tyhali …
By Andile Mngxitama If you missed the debate yesterday (17 May 2020) at 20:00 on the possible influences that my essay Blacks Can’t Be Racist (BCBR) has had on the Rhodes Must Fall (RMF)/Fees Must Fall (FMF) moments, you can now get it on YouTube. The debate features great insights from the fallists Kamvelihle Goba; …
By BO Staff Writer Students in various institutions of higher learning around the country, including the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), University of the Free State (UFS) and the University of Cape Town (UCT), have been actively involved in the struggle for free decolonised education, the demilitarization of campuses and the dropping of charges …
By BO Staff Writer Black Opinion is reissuing the following article which was previously published on the BLF website earlier this morning: It’s now common cause that the former Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, has lost his court application against Oakbay Investments (Pty) Ltd (Oakbay) which is a holding company of the Gupta owned businesses …
By Lindsay Maasdorp The Higher Education National Convention had barely started when mass disruptions that saw the Progressive Youth Alliance (PYA) beat up the members of the Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command (EFFSC) after they had disrupted Minister Blade Nzimande from speaking. This was the second and final disruption, and one which followed a student …
Media Statement The fight for free decolonised education has seen Comrade Bonginkosi Khanyile spend over 80 days in prison, and today’s ruling that denied him bail, will see him continue to languish in an anti-black institution at a time when he should be with loved ones. We reject the position taken by the judiciary that …
BO Staff Writer Durban University of Technology student and Fees Must Fall activist, Bonginkosi Khanyile, will appear before the Pietermaritzburg High Court tomorrow morning. Khanyile has been in custody since September when a number of students were arrested for partaking in the nationwide student protests calling for the government to scrap university fees and offer …
by Andiswa Flatela. date: 14 April 2016 I am attracted to #BuyBlack campaign advocated by the National Black Solidarity Consumer Boycott (NBSCB) for various reasons, one of which is the ability to use statistics to creatively unlock black people’s imagination to see new possibilities. When Pastor Xola Skosana of the Way of Life Kilombo first …