By BO Staff Writer The following statement was previously published on the Black First Land First website and is now reissued by Black Opinion: All the organizations of land thieves are celebrating the decision of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). They are scared of Black First Land First (BLF). They celebrate because they think they …
By BO Staff Writer The small political party, African Independent Congress (AIC), is setting a good example of how small parties can use their votes to advance the interests of their voters. The AIC has as its main objective the incorporation of Matatiele back to KwaZulu-Natal. The party loses no chance to push for this …
By Mandla Mbuyisa and Mlungisi Ngubane ‘‘I want to go a little deeper in this discussion because it is time we killed this false political coalition between blacks and whites.’’-Steve Bantubonke Biko Andile Mngxitama’s letter to his former comrades (EFF) comes after the Local Government Elections, in which the EFF is said to be holding …
By Andile Mngxitama Julius Malema inadvertently revealed how far to the right the EFF has gone in the parliamentary debate on the local government elections of 2016. Malema was at pains to try justify the DA/EFF coalition and to dismiss accusations that he has sold out. Social media has even dubbed him Julius “Sell-out” Malema …
By BO Staff Writer The citizens of three important metropolitan cities of South Africa shall within days be under the white rule of the Democratic Alliance (DA), thanks to the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) of Julius Malema. The biggest fear of most black South Africans has now come to be. The DA is the unapologetic …
By BO Staff Writer The first sign that the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) are set to be the minnows of the Democratic Alliance (DA) in the newly formed coalition has been revealed. Sources say that the DA whites have asked the EFF to make the removal of Herman Mashaba, the black DA City of Johannesburg …
By BO Staff Writer Listen to a clip of a radio interview by Andile Mngxitama discussing the recent election coalition talks between the opposition parties. Mngxitama speaks about the open letter he wrote to the EFF leadership and how the EFF aims to please its London handlers by going into a coalition with the DA. …
By Wesley Seale In the days when quoting William Shakespeare was fashionable, we were taught that famous quote from the Merchant of Venice: “All that glisters is not gold.” Often things are deceptive in their appealing look. Such it is with South Africa’s fifth local government election results. To most commentators, the results were a …
By Xola Skosana Exactly 12 months from now, the ink used to put a cross on that ballot paper will have long time dried up, yet the quality of life of Black people will still be in the same pathetic state, the same socio-economic position they were in on the 3rd of August 2016 or …
By Lindsay Maasdorp The Local Government Elections (LGE) are 3 days away and the rallies around the country have taken on magnanimous proportions. Democratic Alliance’s (DA’s) Mmusi Maimane stooped to an all time low when he promised a revolution through the vote and not the barrel of a gun. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has …