By BO Staff Writer The following statement was previously published in the Black First Land First website and is now reissued by Black Opinion: Black First Land First (BLF) is appalled by attempts by ABSA to stop BLF from going to parliament by stealing the money of the poor. BLF notes with anger that ABSA …
By BO Staff Writer It was an eventful day yesterday for the black consciousness party, Black First Land First (BLF). Early in the the morning, BLF appeared before the Johannesburg High Court to argue against an interdict by the South African National Editor’s Forum (SANEF) preventing them from protesting at the homes of white racist …
By BO Staff Writer The following statement was released by Michael Oatley, former CIEX Chairman, on the current ABSA ‘lifeboats’ saga. Since the release of the Public Protector’s report on 19 June this week on instructions that relate to the recovery of ABSA Lifeboat funds, and public comments made about her report since its release, …
By BO Staff Writer The black radical movement, Black First Land First (BLF), which was at the forefront of bringing the CIEX report into national consciousness, has given ABSA CEO, Maria Ramos, an ultimatum to pay back the money it looted from the reserve bank during apartheid or risk a national shutdown of ABSA. BLF …
By BO Staff Writer On Friday, the Black First Land First (BLF) movement marched to the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to demand that the institution act on the Public Protector’s preliminary report which found that ABSA illegally benefited from apartheid cash injections from the SARB. BLF joined the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) recently in …
By BO Staff Writer Around 1000 members of the Black First Land First (BLF) movement marched to the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) on Friday to demand the institution take action against ABSA bank, following the release of the Public Protector’s preliminary report into apartheid state looting. Brief heavy rains in the start of the …
By BO Staff Writer Yesterday, the Competition Commission issued a statement which corroborated what many have been saying for a long time – the banks are corrupt! Seventeen banks – three South African, ABSA, Standard Bank and Investec – have been implicated and are up for prosecution, in a collusion case involving “price fixing and …
By BO Staff Writer Notes on the lecture delivered by Andile Mngxitama on the above topic at a meeting hosted by the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) at Zone 13 in Alexandra on 2 February 2017 State capture State capture took place via land theft by the white settlers who arrived in this country …
By BO Staff Writer the following pictures were taken from the Black First Land First’s (BLF) #BlacksInDialogue series. The event took place on the February 28 and the topic of discussion was ‘Why ABSA should pay back the stolen R3.2 billion.’ Panelists were BLF National Convenor, Andile Mngxitama, author & Former Director of the South …
By BO Staff Writer For the second instalment of Black Analysis, we bring you this recording of the Black First Land First’s (BLF) #BlacksInDialogue series. The event took place on the February 28 and the topic of discussion was ‘Why ABSA should pay back the stolen R3.2 billion.’ Panelists were BLF National Convenor, Andile Mngxitama, …