Forget about the ANC self-correcting

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

Political power is so addictive that younger ANC leaders are mimicking their elders to ensure self-preservation, writes Eusebius McKaiser.

Odious strands in our public debate

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

Criticism of students’ ideas without engagement is disheartening, writes Eusebius McKaiser

The hubris of Jacob Zuma

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

SA’s democracy will be under enormous pressure for as long as the ANC refuses to renew or re-invent itself, writes Eusebius McKaiser.

Eusebius McKaiser: Moral limits on free speech

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

Advocates of complete freedom fail to take adequate account of the consequences involved, writes Eusebius McKaiser.

Mantashe's motives are suspect

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

The ANC showed no appetite for electoral reform while it enjoyed the support of most of the voters, writes Eusebius McKaiser.

Beware the urge to scapegoat Zuma

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

He is but a product of the party, and thus it should be embarrassed about what transpired in the elections

I’ve decided who I’m voting for

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

This time I won't be endorsing a party's policy position, instead I've opted to take a practical approach, writes Eusebius McKaiser

SABC concedes its editorial policy is wrong. What next?

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

While the HSF interdict is a victory for democracy, the SABC still has other cases currently underway, writes Eusebius McKaiser.

It’s high time to decolonise Afrikaans

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

Freeing the language from its straitjacket would make it easier for all to be more comfortable with it, writes Eusebius McKaiser

Moral panic of firms isn’t enough

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

Simply ticking off a box that says 'diversity training' is not going to break long-standing institutional habits of discrimination

Epistemic Injustices: the dark side of academic freedom

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

This is the prepared text of the 2016 DCS Oosthuizen Academic Freedom Memorial Lecture that was delivered by Eusebius Mckaiser at the Rhodes University on 30 May ...

We must make sense of our madness

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

It’s easier to condemn violence than to ask why violence takes place, writes Eusebius McKaiser.

Racists benefit from false ‘complexity’

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

Racists can be hard to spot when they mimic the same range of human interactions as anti-racists, writes Eusebius McKaiser.

The k-word leaves no room for doubt

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

Apologies for racism are now as popular as racism itself, writes Eusebius McKaiser.

Men, not the courts, must end rape culture

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

The criminal justice system will never be the best way to end the rape culture embedded in our society, writes Eusebius McKaiser.

Skeletons can’t be ignored

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

There’s something distractingly pathetic about evoking an impressive past in an attempt to have one’s present-day failures be looked upon with kindness, writes Eusebius ...

Watch out for Trump-like politicians

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

A politician who lies isn’t the worst of the lot, writes Eusebius McKaiser.

Is Zuma superior to the ANC?

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

The sole conclusion we can reach from Jacob Zuma’s address last Friday is that the president takes each one of us to be a moegoe, writes Eusebius McKaiser.

My journey to agnosticism

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

Faith should not satisfy anyone with a brain, writes Eusebius McKaiser.

When love and politics collide

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

Voting is not a detached activity devoid of emotions, writes Eusebius McKaiser.

Crude campaigning won’t work for ANC

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

The ANC probably wishes voters would cast their ballots on the basis of nostalgia, writes Eusebius McKaiser.

Generalisations not insensitive when mending society

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

Racism, like all forms of domination, generates patterns of behaviour in society, writes Eusebius McKaiser.

The limits of apologies

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

Apologies are not effective and meaningful if they aren’t accompanied by evidence that you fully grasp the nature of what you did, writes Eusebius McKaiser.

What a day for democracy

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

Last week was President Zuma's week of horror. The hard work, though, was all done in the ConCourt, writes Eusebius McKaiser.

Crises present hard lessons in Zuma narrative

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

If Jacob Zuma giggles his way through the State of the Nation Address, then he will have written his political obituary himself, says Eusebius McKaiser.