By BO Staff Writer This statement was originally published on the Black First Land First website and is now reissued by Black Opinion: Today, Black First Land First (BLF) will attend a mediation process at the offices of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) in the matter of Lucy Strydom versus BLF and 6 …
By BO Staff Writer Duncanmec (Pty) Ltd (employer) dismissed nine workers via a disciplinary hearing ‘for singing a struggle song with racial lyrics’ after finding them guilty of, ‘(1) participating in unlawful strike action; and (2) singing a racially offensive song’. They were accordingly ‘given final warnings for the first offence and dismissed for the …
By BO Staff Writer Magda Wierzycka, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sygnia, has a living legacy of racism strategically aimed at destroying black ownership, control and management and to this end preventing the realization of black power in the country. In this regard her activities have by necessity extended high treason. She had previously …
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) takes the denial of apartheid being a crime against humanity as insulting the dignity of black people and an act of racism. Apartheid was declared a crime against humanity by …
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) is informed that the racist settler colonialist group called AfriForum is currently in Europe to gather support against blacks in South Africa (SA). We have already …
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 …
