By Khotso Masemola This article was submitted as part of the Think For Yourself competition. We spend our time admiring colonial objects. Our economy is controlled by white settler monopoly capital which continues to oppress us. The influence of technology continues to mislead and confuse us from the main questions, like our stolen land and …
By Sthembiso KaShandu This article was submitted for the Think For Yourself competition. The question, who is the enemy of black liberation in South Africa between Jacob Zuma , the Guptas and/or White Monopoly Capital/those who stole land of blacks is tricky but rather we must seek to understand who is the enemy of the …
By Brian Tloubatla Below is one of the submissions for the Think For Yourself competition which, although did not win the competition, the Black Opinion Editorial Collective felt was thought-provoking, well-written and generally compelling. Answer: White monopoly capital/those who stole land of blacks.. Please note the following: “White monopoly capital” is a recurring theme in …
By Lindsay Maasdorp Dear President Jacob Zuma Our inspirational leader Stephen Bantu Biko once said, “Township life alone makes it a miracle for anyone to live up to adulthood. There we see a situation of absolute want in which black will kill black to be able to survive.” Today on your 75th birthday we realise …
By Yamkela Spengane I am on a self-imposed sabbatical as far as public commentary on current affairs and politics is concerned. What time I would have spent on these matters I spend in things that give me much more peace, like working on cosmological problems in a cyclic universe, and conceptualising hypercars and autonomous vehicle …
By Andile Mngxitama The Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, is conflicted, compromised and captured by white settler monopoly capital. He is consequently not a fit and proper person to be the country’s Minister of Finance. He must be fired by President Zuma without delay! The reasons for such a definite judgement are as follows: 1. Gordhan …
Dear President Zuma It has been nearly two years since I had an opportunity to address you. To be precise, on 12 August 2015 I penned a column while I was editor of The Citizen in which I apologized to you for being part of a media-driven agenda that sought your downfall. Well, this time …
By BO Staff Writer President Jacob Zuma has instructed the Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan and his deputy, Mcebisi Jonas, to immediately cancel their international investor roadshow. “President Jacob Zuma has instructed the Minister of Finance, Mr Pravin Gordhan and Deputy Minister Mcebisi Jonas to cancel the international investment promotion roadshow to the United Kingdom …
By Staff Writer Beneficiaries of government grants should sleep a lot easier because their grants will be paid come April 1, President Jacob Zuma said on Friday at the Union Buildings. The president was addressing the media at the President’s Coordinating Council (PCC) quarterly meeting. The PCC consists of Premiers and the Leaders of the …
By BO Staff Writer On Friday, President Jacob Zuma said Black people must not quarrel about the question of land, instead they must be united on the issue. Zuma was speaking at the opening of the National House of Traditional leaders. “This [land] is a matter, I believe the blacks in general and the Africans in …
