News24 Eusebius McKaiser

Electoral reform is no silver bullet

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:00:04 +0200

Should we reform our electoral system to introduce some form of constituency based voting for parliamentary seats, asks Eusebius McKaiser.

Rape: worse than you think

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:04:29 +0200

How gratuitous and gross must the violence be before we are going to act as a society? Is it not enough that rape is intrinsically gratuitous, asks Eusebius McKaiser.

Ignorance, Mr President, is culpable

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:00:04 +0200

How can Thulas Nxesi insist that Jacob Zuma knew nothing about the procurement processes if he says he never spoke to the president about the project's details, asks Eusebius Mckaiser.

Should teaching be declared an essential service?

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:06:17 +0200

Eusebius McKaiser explains why he does not agree with Jacob Zuma that education should be declared an essential service.

Which Ramaphosa just stood up?

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:05:22 +0200

Cyril Ramaphosa represents the ideological tensions at the heart of alliance politics, writes Eusebius McKaiser.

Why I have Mangaung fatigue

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:17:56 +0200

Eusebius Mckaiser does not think that the African National Congress’ elective conference will make a fundamental difference to the real material challenges our society faces.

Give the middle class a break

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:31:32 +0200

Middle class South Africans are made to feel guilty about their relative wealth when the true object of our collective citizenship horror should be the state, says Eusebius Mckaiser.

Armstrong: Cheat or victim of can-do-ism?

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 13:58:13 +0200

In context, it is unsurprising to Eusebius McKaiser that Lance Armstrong can both emerge as an exceptional hero and a pathetic cheat.

'First black' madness

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:55:34 +0200

I feel sorry for Khaya "first black Idol" Mthethwa, writes Eusebius McKaiser.

Marikana: a story about unresponsive leadership

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:58:07 +0200

There is a basic but crucial leadership lesson to be learnt from the Marikana disaster. Unresponsive leadership will not be tolerated forever, writes Eusebius McKaiser.

DA blinded by libertarian convictions

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:43:07 +0200

The Democratic Alliance’s growth plan suffers two fatal weaknesses. These weaknesses show up the DA as unambiguously right wing, writes Eusebius McKaiser.