Image: BO archives By BO Staff Writer Black Opinion previously published a piece titled, “Who Is Lord Robin Renwick Julius Malema’s Handler From London?”. The content is still relevant and in fact timeless. We have received very encouraging feedback which we are now publishing for your reading pleasure. In the meanwhile, for those who have …
By BO Staff Writer The radical black consciousness movement, Black First Land First (BLF), says they have the answer to why the South African national soccer team, Bafana Bafana, keeps on losing matches – landlessness! Last night, Bafana Bafana lost 2 – 0 to Senegal thereby failing to qualify for the soccer World Cup in …
By BO Staff Writer This article was originally published on the eNCA website. Namibia’s president said on Tuesday that the government is considering radical land expropriation to spur the transfer of property to the country’s black majority. Speaking at Namibia’s 27th independence celebrations, President Hage Geingob said the government should evoke part of the Constitution …
By BO Staff Writer This post first appeared on the Facebook timeline of Andile Mngxitama on 10 February: Why do we say that if you want land return you need to be “unconstitutional” or more elegantly, become a “constitutional delinquent”? The reason is simple. The South African Constitution is anti-black. Its cornerstone is its Section 25 …
By King Zwelibanzi Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo This article was originally published on the Daily Dispatch website. Bantwana Abahle (Good People), I would like to convey my message of inspiration for the new year 2017. I pray that you will enter the new year with the spirit of patriotism and remember what our fallen ancestors died for. Your …
By Andile Mngxitama Gogo Nonkululeko died from sadness. We know this because she said so just before she passed on clutching her heart. One evening, days before she died, she had gathered her whole family and told them that she had not much time left now. She had been worried sick by the news from the desert. …
In honour of the revolutionary contributions of Queen Nzinga who died 353 years ago Black Opinion is reissuing the following statement published on the Black First Land First blog on 17 December 2015. December 17, 1663 is the death date of Queen Nzinga (Nzinga Mbande). On this 352nd anniversary of her death BLF takes the …
Media Statement It’s now exactly a year since the kick off of the #ZumaMustFall Campaign. We note that 16 December was the day chosen by the white organizers of the said campaign to make that rallying call! They turned an important site of struggle involving the state and revolution into a national sunday picnic to serve …
By BO Staff Writer Listen to Black First Land First National Convener, Andile Mngxitama, on initiation ceremonies in the context of colonialism and its connection to land return as a solution.
By Andile Mngxitama This is a very familiar story to me. A call comes in. The person at the other end speaks with hesitation, politeness and exhaustion. Defeated. They relate the story of how one of their relatives has passed on and how the white farmer is refusing them the right to bury their relative …
