By Andile Mngxitama Yesterday, black people in South Africa decisively lost and whites won hands down. Congratulations to the pro-white Democratic Alliance (DA) and the extreme right wing Freedom Front Plus (FF+). The irony of this situation is that the South African parliament is predominantly black. Historically, settler white monopoly capital in South Africa has …
By BO Staff Writer The planned motion today by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in parliament is a ploy to defend land thieves. According to sources close to the leadership of EFF, the party has been rendered irrelevant by President Jacob Zuma’s radical posture in his call for “land expropriation without compensation”. Reliable sources say …
By BO Staff Writer The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have been dead silent about President Jacob Zuma’s call to amend the constitution to allow for the expropriation of land without compensation. The EFF’s first cardinal pillar (before it was changed to fall in line with the interests of white capital of course) was land expropriation without compensation …
By BO Staff Writer Yesterday, President Jacob Zuma declared South Africa’s laws would be amended to allow for the expropriation of land without compensation. Zuma was speaking at the launch of Operation Phakisa on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development in Pretoria on Friday. “We must seek new ways of doing things which will change …
By BO Staff Writer Social media was abuzz this week after a picture of the Economic Freedom Fighter’s (EFF) Commander in Chief (CiC) Julius Malema standing amongst livestock wearing gumboots, a red t-shirt and a farmer’s hat was circulated. The question posed by many was whether Malema had bought the farm or had he “expropriated …
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. …
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 …
By Andile Mngxitama Black First Land First (BLF) hereby wishes to officially make a presentation to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to drop all charges against the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Mr Julius Malema relating to his alleged call to the people to occupy land. The charges being brought against Mr Malema …
By Zanele Lwana and Lindsay Maasdorp Black First Land First (BLF) notes with concern the wrongful charges preferred against the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), Julius Malema, by the NPA. Malema has never led a land occupation. He only speaks about it around election time to get the landless to vote for him. …
By BO Staff Writer 77 Media presents: A story of land repossession at 77 Bufferlake, Mamelodi by Jerry Mathibela. Edited by Manku. The community of 77 Bufferlake occupied land and are creating a revolutionary community in the area.
