By BO Staff Writer The President of Black First Land First (BLF) Andile Mngxitama has once again been banned from Facebook for thirty days. Banning Mngxitama for no good reason has become a pattern of conduct on the part of Facebook that clearly demonstrates that it is intentionally targeting the President of BLF. The latest …
By BO Staff Writer The following statement was previously published on the Black First Land First website and is now reissued by Black Opinion: Black First Land First (BLF) welcomes the call by the Australian government for white land thieves to leave South Africa. However, BLF is totally opposed to the call that these land …
By BO Staff Writer The following statement was previously published on the Black First Land First website and is now reissued by Black Opinion: The people of Eshowe carried out brave revolutionary acts of justice today. The racist white farmers kill blacks like we are animals. We are tired of living under terrorism in our …
By Thabi Myeni A few months ago, US based investigative journalism website, ProPublica leaked internal documents revealing Facebook’s guidelines for dealing with hate speech and abusive language for its moderators in training. These “guidelines” fall nothing short of racist, discriminatory and tone deaf. One example of such was a multiple-choice question asking the moderators-to-be, “Which …
By Zimasa Mpemnyama Moonlight is a movie which tells the story of a black man (and many black men to be honest) growing up in the ghetto, while struggling with sexuality, trauma, violence and love. I wrote these notes while watching the movie for the second time in less that 24 hours. The story is …
The following article was previously published on 05 November 2017 on the BLF website and is reissued by BO. The University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) Howard College chapter of the Black First Land First Student Movement (BLF-SM) is aggrieved by the Facebook status update made by Annie Epstein (Carol Anne Epstein), a lecturer and academic …
The following article was previously published on 07 November 2017 on the BLF website and is reissued by BO. The Majakaneng shooting case, concerning the murder of Tebogo Ndlovu on a farm in North West by the white man Matthew Benson on 2 August this year, is expected to continue this morning the 7th of …
By BO Staff Writer Gasps, of shock or relief, depending on your racial hue, were heard at the Middelburg Magistrate’s Court today as Judge Sheila Mphahlele handed down the sentence to the two white men who assaulted Victor Mlotshwa and threatened to burn him alive in a coffin. Willem Oosthuizen, who was sentenced to 11 …
By BO Staff Writer This article was originally published in the Political Analysis website. Deputy President of Black First Land First (BLF), Ms Zanele Lwana, stated her comments on the recent dismissal of four First National Bank (FNB) premium bankers, Siphesihle Jele, Simon Masimula, Sipho Coke and Xolani Nkosi. The employees were reportedly dismissed after …
By BO Staff Writer This following article was previously published on the BLF website on 23 August 2017 and is today reissued by Black Opinion. On 24 August 2017 the Court postponed the case to 9 October 2017 for further action to be undertaken in preparation for the proper ventilation of the issues. Black First …
