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Solidarity vs BLF: Hoërskool Driehoek case postponed
The case between Solidarity and the Black First Land First (BLF) has been postponed to 17 September 2019. Solidarity took the BLF to court for hate speech after...
Black First Land First (BLF) leader Andile Mngxitama appeared in the Equality Court for a hate speech case brought against him by AfriForum.
The IEC said its decision to de-register the BLF was based on the party's section of their constitution that it was only open to blacks people.
After the 2019 election votes were tallied, the outcome for 22 parties was only four-digit figures, with 13 of these parties receiving less than 5,000 votes. Do these smaller parties still have a future?
Five years ago, on a rainy night in Sandton, Duduzane Zuma's Porsche rammed into a minibus taxi, causing the death of Phumzile Dube.
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.
Hlaudi Motsoeneng's African Content Movement, the ‘Purple Cow’ party and the Patriotic Alliance have all failed to get the more than 20 000 votes required so far.
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.
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.
BLF leader Andile Mngxitama says his party is for black people.
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.
The BLF leader on Saturday addressed supporters in Orlando East at the party’s election manifesto launch.
The party's promised to empower young people through skills upliftment and to provide jobs.
On the first day of Duduzane Zuma’s culpable homicide trial, the performance of older models of Porsches in rainy weather was scrutinised. At the same time, Black First Land First members attended the trial, where they hit out at AfriForum, who they say are trying to punish former President Jacob Zuma through his son's case.
Mngxitama says he wrote to the presidency requesting Ramaphosa to commission the inquiry but the presidency refused to take any action.
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.
Solly Msimanga spent time looking at the tributes and reading some of the messages on the remembrance wall at Hoërskool Driehoek.
The organisation believes that Bushiri is being targeted because he is a successful young black person who has challenged the status quo in the religious space.
The BLF has been reported to the Human Rights Commission over the comments on social media.