By Themba Nkosi Lack of political literacy amongst the South African population has resulted in the misconception of political lobbying. The white owned media has capitalized on this and coined the term “State Capture”. This term has propagated a false narrative of a fictional enemy in order to keep the population focused on someone else …
By BO Staff Writer The Democratic Alliance (DA) can close the year with a big bash – it has served its constituency very well in 2016. Having laid siege on strategic state owned enterprises (SOEs) to capture them for white capital, it can now claim the scalp of the SABC, having left Eskom, SARS, the NPA, …
Media Statement It’s now exactly a year since the kick off of the #ZumaMustFall Campaign. We note that 16 December was the day chosen by the white organizers of the said campaign to make that rallying call! They turned an important site of struggle involving the state and revolution into a national sunday picnic to serve …
By BO Staff Writer State capture has been there since 1652. Listen to Black First Land First National Convener, Andile Mngxitama explain it.
By BO Staff Writer The CEO of Eskom, Brian Molefe, who drove the State Owned Enterprise (SEO) out of it’s loadshedding crisis, has resigned. Read his full resignation letter below: In an open letter to Brian Molefe, Adil Nchabeleng said “(w)e applaud your effort and the leadership of your team for having turned around Eskom …
By BO Staff Writer Introduction Those implicated in the Public Protector’s Report on State Capture have been accused of being recalcitrant witnesses for simply insisting on exercising their right to a fair hearing which includes their right to cross examine witnesses. To this end those implicated are now urged via the Public Protectors Report (and …
By Jeff Koorbanally Dear Adv Mkhwebane I make reference to the letter addressed to you on the 14th, whereby I raised the concern about the sensitization of these reports. I contest, with strongest resentment, that the former Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, should call or label our country a “State of Capture”, that’s the biggest insult …
By Adil Nchabeleng Brian Molefe, we congratulate you and the Eskom Board & Management on the bold and stern leadership demonstrated by yourselves in Eskom during these challenging times. The recent Financial Results and achievements of Eskom are impressive. It is common knowledge that many public institutions in South Africa are used to target and …
By Andile Mngxitama Black Opinion shall continue to break down the so-called state capture report of the former Public Protector, Advocate Thuli Madonsela. Today we focus on the number of complaints of state capture lodged with the office of the Public Protector and why Advocate Madonsela lied about the exact number of complaints in her …
By Yamkela Fortune Spengane In 2008 Trevor Manuel (then Minister of Finance) and Maria Ramos (Then CEO of Transnet SOC) got married at the Rupert wine farm in Stellenbosch after their long term relationship (during which they sold V&A Waterfront, which was an asset of the state through Transnet). Now, Trevor Manuel was Minister of …
