By BO Staff Writer The following statement was posted on the Black First Land First (BLF) website. BLF berates appointment of Tito Mboweni as Finance Minister Black First Land First (BLF) berates the appointment of Tito Mboweni as Finance Minister. His appointment follows Pravin Gordhan and the Economic Freedom Fighters’ (EFF’s) unholy alliance plotting to …
By Visvin Reddy The entire world looked on with bated breath as South Africa navigated its way from the dreadful and horrendous Apartheid to democracy. Doomsayers predicted a bloodbath and genocide, as has happened in other African countries, but they were proved wrong. Decades of White minority rule ended with the release of Mandela and …
The following article was previously published on 06 November 2017 on the BLF website and is reissued by BO. The Public Investment Corporation (PIC) continues to give white monopoly capital the public’s pensions funds. The capture of the PIC by white monopoly capital was organized under the tenures of both Trevor Manuel and Pravin Gordhan …
By BO Staff Writer Public Protector (PP), Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s home has been vandalised by what it seems are her detractors. The PP’s spokesperson, Cleopatra Mosana, told ANN7 that the PP was receiving threats after she released a report implicating ABSA and other white owned companies in maladministration and corruption. “These threats have been coming in …
Dear Mr. Manuel We read with interest your new conviction that our claim of white monopoly capital is a fallacy, invented by a public relations company named Bell Pottinger, as you recently said at the Nelson Mandela Foundation event you attended. We as the leadership of the MK Inkuleleko Foundation pen this letter as representing …
By BO Staff Writer Johann Rupert is losing it, literally! Last Friday he shouted through his shareholder meeting, with cigarette on lips. Rupert had to tell the shocked shareholders that profits are a shocking 46% down. Sources who attended the meeting say that Rupert appeared drunk, nervous and was easily agitated. He smoked during the …
By Matt Agorist Trevor Manuel is allegedly the mastermind behind the anti-Zuma pro-imperialist coup attempts that saw two marches in the last two weeks and a call for a motion of no confidenceagainst President Jacob Zuma. Manuel is the go to man for money and ideas. He is linked directly to imperialism and dirty money …
Media Statement Black First Land First (BLF) calls on former President Thabo Mbeki, former Finance Minister Trevor Manuel and former Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Tito Mboweni to apologize to the nation for failing to protect national assets. The three politicians were entrusted by the nation, by virtue of their positions at …
By BO Staff Writer Today, the Forum of Journalists for Transformation (FJT) lead a march to the offices of The Citizen newspaper to demand the immediate reinstatement of suspended Black editor, Steve Motale. FTJ, along with the Black First Land First movement (BLF), Transform RSA, Communications Workers Union (CWU), Cosas, Patriotic Alliance (PA), and others …
By Andile Mngxitama The former Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel has come out guns blazing against Black First Land First (BLF) for opening a criminal case against Johann Rupert. Manuel said the BLF case is “irrational” and even went further to say there is nothing of “substance” from the black consciousness organization. What angered Manuel …
