Mngxitama would be lucky to make it to Parliament

Lucas Ledwaba

Andile Mgxitama goes into this election on the back of a controversial decision by the Equality Court to rule that his party’s slogan, land or death, amounts to hate speech.

The court has ordered that the Black First Land First Party withdraw its slogan. Mgxitama and his chums have vowed to challenge the decision which is a good thing because failure to do so will cast doubt on their integrity. After all, this is what they set out to achieve and if at the stroke of a judge’s pen they choose not to stage a further challenge, they will be deemed as weaklings afraid of challenging authority.

Who would want to vote such a leader into power?

Mngxitama burst onto the public space as a fine, articulate proponent of land rights inspired by the doctrine of Black Consciousness. This probably is the inspiration behind the naming of his