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Eusebius McKaiser is a political and social analyst at the Wits Centre for Ethics. He is also a popular radio talk show host, a top international debate coach, a master of ceremonies and a public speaker of note. He loves nothing more than a good argument, having been both former National South African Debate Champion and the 2011 World Masters Debate Champion. His analytic articles and columns have been widely published in South African newspapers and the New York Times. McKaiser has studied law and philosophy. He taught philosophy in South Africa and England.
The lawyer failed to make his Indian racist argument and the politician refused to admit he had no direct evidence
The legal arguments put forward by the former president’s team are weak and inconsistent
The mere fact that one cannot confidently predict who the next president of the United States will be tells you a lot about American society.
Senekal shows us that we must make a stand against the loud voice of the populist EFF and racist rightwingers
Corruption isn’t just about unethical accounting practices. It is a direct and total attack on society. The stakes are that existential and that visceral.
But in the battle of John and Mbali, the way things are going, the party will crucify the better option
Anti-democratic creep sets in when the state feels no need to explain its irrational decisions. Is that the type of state we want to live in?
These three common responses to racism must be deconstructed until something … clicks
We cannot divorce President Cyril Ramaphosa from the ANC. Now it’s up to citizens to organise for change and mobilise against corruption
ANC superfans are so vested in a romantic vision of a political party with a great past that they struggle to accept the realities of what this party has become.
Christian Life Private School barred a pupil because he wore a bracelet with cultural significance, but the decision — even in the private sphere — is constitutionally wrong
The president and the National Coronavirus Command Council have turned taxis into vectors of death
Let us please not repeat the devastating Aids story where people died of shame rather than admit being infected by the virus
Bigoted academics and shoddy or racist work are not above criticism — nor should they be
How we live has changed – we cannot avoid the threat of death brought by the coronavirus
The racially intolerant act to keep black people in “their place”, some even while claiming they’re allies
We are humans, not just numbers, and we need to tell people’s stories and acknowledge our fears
We should demand a culture of justification from our democratic government. Otherwise we are allowing ourselves to be subjects rather than citizens
The way Covid-19 death facts are reported (age and comorbidities) reflects how old people and those with chronic conditions are valued. Scientifically there’s an argument for…
Blame and praise can’t be apportioned to individual leaders of a collective Cabinet
