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  • BLF Leader Andile Mngxitama outside The Gathering: Media Edition at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on 3 August 2017. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    'They are scared of BLF'

    BLF members were barred from attending The Gathering, hosted by the 'Daily Maverick' and Nandos at the Convention Centre.

    1758 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.

    Mngxitama demands money back as BLF denied access to media gathering

    BLF leader Andile Mngxitama and his group wanted access to The Gathering, hosted by Nandos and Daily Maverick, in Cape Town.

    1759 days ago
  • FILE: Tension flared after anti Zuma protesters clashed with BLF members who arrived at the Gupta's Saxonwold mansion in support of the President. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN

    [UPDATE] State capture event continues despite BLF disruption

    amaBhungane organised Thursday evening's meeting called 'Inside the GuptaLeaks' to discuss the leaked email saga.

    1765 days ago
  • Black First Land First leader Andile Mngxitama. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN

    #GuptaLeaks expose BLF leader's role in campaign against Gupta critic

    Mngxitama has denied earlier reports that he and his BLF organisation are being funded by the Guptas but has stated publicly recently that he will now seek their financial support.

    1769 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN.

    BLF vows to monitor the media

    Andile Mngxitama claims some black journalists have been programmed to defend racism but they will not be targeted as part of BLF's protests.

    1784 days ago
  • FILE: Sanef members arrive the Johannesburg High Court. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN

    [WATCH] Sanef granted interdict against BLF

    The High Court in Johannesburg has granted the South African National Editors Forum (Sanef) an interdict against Andile Mngxitama and the Black First Land First movement.

    1785 days ago
  • FILE: Black First Land First leader Andile Mngxitama. Picture: Facebook.com.

    BLF to continue targeting ‘pro-white monopoly capital’ journos

    Sanef has applied for a court interdict against the group in an attempt to stop the group from further harassing journalists.

    1789 days ago
  • FILE: ANC MKMVA spokesperson Carl Niehaus. Picture: EWN

    [OPINION] Journalism in the time of lies

    Stephen Grootes says our current political age is marked by brutal and extreme language, with varying degrees of loose association with reality, or sanity.

    1801 days ago
  • Black First Land First leader Andile Mngxitama. Picture: Facebook.com

    [LISTEN] BLF leader labels Gupta emails 'fake news'

    702's Stephen Grootes spoke to BLF leader Andile Mngxitama on claims that he asked the Gupta family for money to fund his party.

    1821 days ago
  • FILE: Black First Land First leader Andile Mngxitama. Picture: Facebook.com.

    Andile Mngxitama denies asking Gupta family for cash

    #GuptaLeaks have shown how Mngxitama, one of the family's most vocal supporters, had asked them for cash in 2016.

    1821 days ago
  • FILE: Tension flared after anti-Zuma protesters clashed with BLF members who arrived at the Gupta's Saxonwold mansion in support of the President.  Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN

    'BLF not funded by Guptas or Zuma’

    The party has been accused of being pro-President Zuma and the Guptas, but Mngxitama says the allegations are spread by the agents of white monopoly capital.

    1839 days ago
  • An altercation broke out between Black First Land First head Andile Mngxitama and Standing Committee on Finance chairperson Yunus Carrim during public hearings on economic transformation on 3 May 2017. Picture: Twitter/@DavidMaynier

    ‘Speaker and deputy speaker, go to hell'

    The BLF's Andile Mngxitama says they will not apologise to MPs after the deputy speaker asked them to do so following last week’s disruption in Parliament.

    1840 days ago
  • FILE: An altercation broke out between Black First Land First head Andile Mngxitama and Standing Committee on Finance chairperson Yunus Carrim during public hearings on economic transformation on 3 May 2017. Picture: Twitter/@DavidMaynier

    BLF members may face criminal charges following Parly fracas

    African National Congress Chief Whip Jackson Mthembu says Parliament can’t be a playground for criminals and thugs.

    1843 days ago
  • An altercation broke out between Black First Land First head Andile Mngxitama and Standing Committee on Finance chairperson Yunus Carrim during public hearings on economic transformation on 3 May 2017. Picture: Twitter/@DavidMaynier

    Parly to probe altercation between Mngxitama, Carrim

    Parliament says it is compelled to investigate an altercation between the chairperson of the standing committee on finance and the leader of the Black First Land First Movement.

    1850 days ago
  • An altercation broke out between Black First Land First head Andile Mngxitama and Standing Committee on Finance chairperson Yunus Carrim during public hearings on economic transformation on 3 May 2017. Picture: Twitter/@DavidMaynier

    BLF’s Mngxitama won’t apologise for ‘fascism’ remark

    The BLF leader denies calling Joan Fubbs a fascist in Parliament, which resulted in a scuffle.

    1850 days ago
  • An altercation broke out between Black First Land First head Andile Mngxitama and Standing Committee on Finance chairperson Yunus Carrim during public hearings on economic transformation on 3 May 2017. Picture: Twitter/@DavidMaynier

    Scuffle breaks out at economic transformation public hearings

    It’s understood a scuffle followed after Black First Land First head Andile Mngxitama started giving Scopa chairperson Yunus Carrim a lecture on Marxism.

    1850 days ago
  • The Black First Land First Movement logo. Picture: Supplied.

    Mngxitama: Zuma leading the call for economic transformation

    Andile Mngxitama says Jacob Zuma's decision to fire Pravin Gordhan was a correct one, leading to radical economic transformation.

    1872 days ago
  • FILE: Advocate Thuli Madonsela. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    Madonsela not worried about beefing up security

    The police arrested 26 Black First Land First Movement members who say they demonstrated peacefully.

    2139 days ago
  • Police arrested 25 of the members of the Black First Land First movement, including its national convener Andile Mngxitama on 18 July 2016. Picture: Twitter - @geeceechai

    3 Public Protector staff freed after hostage situation in PTA

    The group is demanding an investigation into R26bn stolen from the Reserve Bank during apartheid.

    2139 days ago
  • Andile Mngxitama. Picture: Lauren Isaacs/EWN.

    Andile Mngxitama takes IEC to court

    The Black First Land First movement received a letter from the IEC blocking their participation in the polls.

    2185 days ago
  • FILE: Suspended EFF MP Andile Mngxitama addresses media during a press conference. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Expelled EFF MPs vow to fight on

    Andile Mngxitama, Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala and Mpho Ramakatsa were expelled on Saturday.

    2602 days ago
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