IEC’s move against BLF criminalises blackness, says Mandela’s great-grandson
Mayibuye Mandela calls for support of the organisation after electoral commission deregisters it as a political party
18 July 2019 - 18:12
Nelson Mandela’s great grandson Mayibuye Mandela has used Mandela Day to call on black people to support Andile Mngxitama’s Black First Land First (BLF).
This comes after the controversial organisation made an application for leave to appeal against the decision by the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) to deregister it as a political party. The IEC this week agreed with the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) that the BLF should be deregistered as it excluded white people from membership...
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