By Kufa Magwaza During the days of the cold war, in fact the very reasons why there was cold war in the first place, was because of the influence of the Soviet bloc which exerted an Eastern influence, and later to Western influence, giving effect to an alternative. Russia led this Eastern ideological push through …
By James Petras Introduction Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was removed from office through a well-organized, carefully planned operation among the corrupt Brazilian political elite, closely linked to the stock-market, financial institutions and foreign energy companies. This ‘legislative coup d’état’ eliminated the democratically-elected ‘political intermediaries’ and installed a regime directly controlled by the CEO’s of leading …
By Neo Mokatsanyane (This lecture was delivered in honor of the legacy of Steven Bantu Biko to the community of Boipatong in Sedibeng on 24 September 2016. The event was hosted by the Sedibeng Regional Chapter of Black First Land First) I welcome and greet you all my black sisters and brothers, kale dumedisa kao …
Featured image: Black people stand in line to vote for the first time on 27 April 1994, in the hope of ending the racist apartheid regime. By Yerushka Chetty This generation is told “freedom is coming”. Twenty two years ago we were told “freedom has arrived, we are now free”. We were given a new constitution …
Featured Image: Employees of Gupta owned Oakbay Investments marched recently to major banks. Photo: Mail&Guardian By BO Staff Writer In a bizarre turn of events the CEO of one of the Gupta owned companies Sahara, Stephan Nel, opened a case of intimidation at the police station in Midrand. This follows a threatening anonymous call to …
By Yerushka Chetty On this bitter cold rainy morning of 18 June 2016 I attended the 2nd meeting called by the residents of Woodstock and Salt River in the Salt River Community Hall to “resist gentrification” which is commonly referred to as stopping evictions. A group of activists from Western Cape, concerned about the plight …
Featured Image: Brazil’s Planning Minister Romero Juca attends a news conference in Brasilia, Brazil, May 23, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Adriano Machado By BO Editorial Collective Black Opinion has been running articles showing how imperialist regime change by opposition parties in Brazil and South Africa use similar tactics and share the same ideology. Furthermore, these opposition parties are …
The media has gone into over drive trying to mount a campaign preventing the Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan, from having his day in court. Gordhan is accused of serious transgressions of the law when he was Commissioner of the South African Revenue Services (SARS). The allegations are that under his watch, a “Rogue Unit” was …
The revelation by Business Day last Friday that it had discovered a big scandal regarding Auction Alliance’s unholy alliance with banks, auctioneers, liquidators and attorneys which is about making profits out of marketing and selling people’s homes and businesses didn’t strike Black Opinion as a big deal. What surprises us is that the matter is …
By Staff Writer There were many doubts propagated by the detractors of the newly formed black first land first movement, who said it won’t be able to fill a class room. The turn out at the launch on a cold rainy day dispelled the notion that BLF is a “stockvel” without support. The Uncle Tom’s …
