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FILE: Black First Land First Leader Andile Mngxitama. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN.

Andile mngxitama

BLF deregistered as a political party

By Kgomotso Modise

In June, the IEC ruled in favour of the Freedom Front Plus to have the movement officially scrapped from the list of the country's political parties.

  • FILE: Mineral Resources Gwede Mantashe. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    Mantashe has shown criminal behaviour - BLF's Mngxitama

    According to the 'Sunday World', Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe paid two of its reporters R70,000 to make the story disappear.

    932 days ago
  • BLF leader Andile Mngxitama outside the Johannesburg Magistrates Court on 21 August 2019. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    AfriForum hopes court rules in its favour in Mngxitama hate speech case

    The group approached the court in Johannesburg after Black First land First leader Andile Mngxitama's comments at a gathering last year in Potchefstroom in which he spoke about killing white people.

    1002 days ago
  • BLF leader Andile Mngxitama outside the Johannesburg Magistrates Court on 21 August 2019. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    AfriForum’s hate speech case against Mngxitama postponed

    The lobby group approached the Equality Court in Johannesburg after Andile Mngxitama made racial slurs while addressing his supporters in Potchefstroom in the North West last year.

    1002 days ago
  • BLF to AfriForum: 'Go to hell, go back to Holland'

    Black First Land First (BLF) leader Andile Mngxitama appeared in the Equality Court for a hate speech case brought against him by AfriForum.

    1002 days ago
  • BLF leader Andile Mngxitama at the BLF manifesto launch in Soweto. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/EWN

    Equality Court to rule on old SA flag, BLF hate speech matter

    In the first, judgment will be handed down on whether gratuitous displays of the old South African flag constitute hate speech, unfair discrimination and harassment based on race.

    1003 days ago
  • FILE: BLF leader Andile Mngxitama at the IEC results centre in Pretoria on 10 May 2019. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    Andile Mngxitama: 'Our votes were stolen'

    BLF leader Andile Mngxitama visited the IEC national results operations centre on 10 May 2019. He said the only reason the party had failed to meet the required number of votes to make it into Parliament was because BLF votes were stolen.

    1105 days ago
  • South Africans queue to vote for the national general elections early on 7 May, 2014 in the restive Bekkersdal Township. Picture: AFP.

    FIKILE-NTSIKELELO MOYA: Voting means looking at the past & the future

    Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya says one of the things we need to learn from the past is to avoid creating martyrs and heroes of those who do not rightfully deserve the attention and accolades.

    1108 days ago
  • FILE: Black First Land First Leader Andile Mngxitama and members of his party arrive at the IEC head offices in Centurion. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Basis for 'land or death' ruling against BLF 'weak', says FXI

    While the Freedom of Expression Institute has expressed its concerns about the ruling, the Freedom Front Plus has welcomed the order giving the BLF a month to remove the contentious slogan from its website, social media platforms, and regalia.

    1109 days ago
  • BLF leader Andile Mngxitama at the BLF manifesto launch in Soweto. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/EWN

    BLF welcomes court ruling allowing it to contest elections

    The Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus) tried to have the BLF deregistered as a political party in the High Court, however, the merits of the case were not argued.

    1116 days ago
  • FILE: FF Plus leader Pieter Groenewald at the party's manifesto launch on Saturday, 2 March. Picture: FF Plus Facebook.

    FF Plus heads to Electoral Court to get BLF off the ballot

    This follows the IEC’s decision to reject an FF Plus appeal against the chief electoral officers’ decision to register the BLF, which is led by Andile Mngxitama.

    1122 days ago
  • FILE: Black First Land First Leader Andile Mngxitama and members of his party arrive at the IEC head offices in Centurion. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Andile Mngxitama calls on Indian community to join BLF

    BLF leader Andile Mngxitama says his party is for black people.

    1139 days ago
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    BLF manifesto launch: ‘Kim Jong-un sent me a suit’ - Andile Mgxitama

    BLF leader Andile Mngxitama has proudly shown off a suit he said was sent to him by North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. Speaking at the party’s manifesto launch on Saturday, Mngxitama claimed he had the support of the North Korean Supreme Leader.

    1139 days ago
  • Black First Land First on 6 April 2019 launched its elections manifesto in Orlando East, Soweto ahead of the 8 May general elections. Picture: @BLF_SouthAfrica/Twitter

    Andile Mngxitama: BLF doesn’t accept donations from capitalists

    The BLF leader on Saturday addressed supporters in Orlando East at the party’s election manifesto launch.

    1139 days ago
  • Black First Land First Leader Andile Mngxitama and members of his party arrive at the IEC head offices in Centurion. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    'We don't accept white people' - BLF registers for May elections

    Black First Land First members and leader Andile Mngxitama arrive at the IEC head offices in Centurion to register their party and hand in their election candidates list.

    1163 days ago
  • BLF members protest outside The Gathering - Media Edition at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on 3 August 2017. Picture: Bertram Malgas/EWN

    [WATCH] BLF leader: We can't mourn white lives while inequality persists

    Andile Mngximata has defended spokesperson Lindsay Maasdorp's comments on the Hoerskool Driehoek tragedy which claimed the lives of four pupils and injured more than 20.

    1198 days ago
  • FILE: The scene where a walkway collapsed at Hoërskool Driehoek, killing four children. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN.

    SAHRC ‘appalled’ by racist comments on Hoërskool Driehoek tragedy

    BLF leader Andile Mngxitama says his party stands with its spokesperson Lindsay Maasdorp who made insensitive and racist comments following Hoërskool Driehoek deaths.

    1199 days ago
  • Supporters of Prophet Shepherd Bushiri protest outside the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Pretoria. Bushiri and his wife Mary appeared in court on 4 February 2019 for charges of fraud, money laundering and contravening the Prevention of Organised Crimes Act. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN.

    Mngxitama says white monopoly capital behind 'attack' on Bushiri

    BLF leader Andile Mngxitama believes that charges of fraud and money laundering are cooked up to bring a fall of Pastor Shepherd Bushiri.

    1200 days ago
  • FILE: Black First Land First Leader Andile Mngxitama. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN.

    BLF accused of shutting down voter registration centres

    DA ward councillor and PR manager, John Mendlesohn says he received a call from a DA activist saying they couldn’t get in because of protest action by people with the slogan ‘no land, no vote’ who belong to BLF.

    1209 days ago
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