Andile Mngxitama
latest news & developmentsAndile Mngxitama’s inconsistency and the politics of denigration and opportunism
I remain close to the places where ordinary black life meets the police, the farmer, the mine and the state face to face. That ground has no patience for fashionable radicalism.…
Parliament postpones KZN visit to end friction between Zulu king, Ingonyama Trust Board
Tensions have risen between King MisuZulu and the ITB, and the land reform minister recently overturned the monarch’s attempt to dissolve the board
Sobukwe and the Red Berets
This is an edited extract from the book Darkest Before Dawn: Writings, Testimonies and Correspondence from the Life of Robert Sobukwe
New faces, old scandals: The familiar staleness of South Africa’s 2024 National Assembly
It’s too early to judge how this parliament will perform, but the notion that 2024 will be a refresh for our politics must surely be declared stillborn
‘Land or Death’: BLF fails to defend slogan
Mcebo Dlamini suggests the equality court took the slogan too literally, but the BLF itself has not provided any ideological justification for it
Black people must be free to articulate their anger at the theft of their land
The equality court ruling that the slogan ‘Land or Death’ is hate speech sets a dangerous precedent
The Cat trades one life for 2024
While some political old-timers claw at relevance, David Mabuza is rewriting the rules of engagement
Why South Africa needs Democratic Socialism
South African politics urgently needs an injection of electoral energy from the left, that speaks in a language that resonates with voters
uBaba fails to show up for Mama
The Durban mayor charged with corruption may, for once, not be at Jacob Zuma’s next court appearance
Hlaudi and Mngxitama speak out
African Content Movement leader Hlaudi Motsoeneg and Black First Land First leader Andile Mngxitama address the media.
Take a long, hard look in the mirror
Social media has made us obsess about the behaviour of others and ignore our own
ANC KZN defends Zuma for BLF comments
The former president’s comment saying people should vote for BLF leader Andile Mngxitama need to be “understood in context” says ANC KZN
Race debate elicits fatal fallacies
No answer is simple in our complex society, which is why the ‘obvious’ solutions are so often wrong
BLF wants the ANC’s pro-Zuma votes for 2019
Andile Mngxitama confirmed that the BLF will contest the elections nationally for the first time next year.
Zuma: ‘Innocent until proven otherwise’
The former president has told his supporters that he is being targeting because of his stance on radical economic transformation