WATCH: Andile Mngxitama arrives at BLF’s homecoming rally

The party's president and deputy president arrived on a donkey-drawn cart as they kick-started their 2019 election campaign.

Andile Mngxitama on a donkey and Deputy President Zanele Lwana arrive at the Mngxitama homecoming rally. Image: Twitter/@BlackOpinion2

Black First Land First’s (BLF) Mngxitama homecoming rally is well underway, with BLF President Andile Mngxitama and Deputy President Zanele Lwana arriving to the event in a donkey-drawn cart.

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The rally, hosted at the Ikageng Stadium, marks Mngxitama’s return to his hometown of Tlokwe, as well as a start to the party’s 2019 election campaign.

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Mngxitama’s choice of motorcade is due to his declaration to denounce fancy cars for politicians.

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The son of Tlokwe arrived to a packed stadium full of cheering crowds, encouraging the party’s supporters, who he calls ‘RET soldiers’, to ‘fight the enemy’.

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The party, which seeks to unite people against white racism and dispossession by restoring land to black people through a democratic centralism ideology, used the homecoming rally to reiterate its commitment to being on the side of the poor, and eradicating inequality.

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