Black First Land First (BLF) calls on Ramaphosa to give the SG of ANC, Ace Magashule, access to state aircraft. We call on Ramaphosa to stop his nonsense with the opposition parties and take the task of ending the Zimbabwean crisis seriously. Ace Magashule is trying to help the country and he is being vilified …
Image: BO archives By BO Staff Writer Black Opinion previously published a piece titled, “Who Is Lord Robin Renwick Julius Malema’s Handler From London?”. The content is still relevant and in fact timeless. We have received very encouraging feedback which we are now publishing for your reading pleasure. In the meanwhile, for those who have …
By BO Staff Writer This article was originally published on the Telesur website. The Venezuelan government saluted the “brave Zimbabwean people” who didn’t shy away from participating in the Chimurenga war of independence. Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry released a public statement in support of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, a leader of the country’s independence movement, …
By BO Staff Writer The longstanding Zimbabwean president, Robert Gabriel Mugabe, has officially resigned from his position. Mugabe, along with his wife, Grace, and other party officials like Jonathon Moyo and the leader of the youth wing, Kudzanayi Chipanga, have been removed from the ruling Zanu-PF. The defiant revolutionary refused to resign on live TV on …
by Gregary Elich Long-roiling factional conflict within Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF political party exploded last week in a military coup that quickly seized control of the government and state media. The coup was led by Commander of Zimbabwe Defense Forces Constantino Chiwenga, who is closely aligned with former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa. Emboldened by President Robert Mugabe’s declining mental …
By BO Staff Writer Did the dim-witted American president, Donald Trump, organise the coup in Zimbabwe? Intelligence sources who spoke to Black Opinion on condition of anonymity allege that both the governments of the United States of America (USA) and Britain had a hand in developments in Zimbabwe. The sources allege that the imperialist powers …
By BO Staff Writer Conflicting reports have been coming out of Zimbabwe regarding a possible coup by military veterans within President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party, ZANU-PF. The veterans are said to be disgruntled at the sacking of former Deputy President Emmerson Mnangagwa by Mugabe last week for allegedly plotting against the party. Agents of imperialism …
By Munyaradzi Gwisai In the following piece, the Zimbabwean Marxist scholar and activist, with direct experience of the struggle in Zimbabwe, offers the South African left forces some lessons from Zimbabwe. The political economy analysis provided here is one of the most significant contributions in understanding the current crisis in South Africa. Gwisai warns against …
By Professor Jonathan Moyo This article was originally published on The Southern Times website in September 2016 around the time of the #ThisFlag and other regime change protests. Prof Jonathan Moyo is Zimbabwe’s minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development and MP for Tsholotsho North (Zanu PF). If there’s one inescapable reality to …
By BO Staff Writer Black Opinion brings you the first instalment of its podcast, Black Analysis. In this short podcast “Black Opinion’s Black Weekly News Analysis” we hope to be speaking about stories from the previous week and analysing from our Black Opinion perspective. Last week was the first week of New Year and the …
