Is the DA (still) a liberal party?

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

The DA’s sanitised reference to “the family” in its draft values document doesn’t get us far, writes Eusebius McKaiser. Freedom, fairness and opportunity: those ...

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.

Limits to lawfare in fixing SABC

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

WE HAVE started to rely quite slavishly on lawfare to settle important public disagreements. The latest lawfare is of course playing out at the SABC.

SABC, like the ANC, needs a complete overhaul

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

The limits of lawfare as a way of fixing the public broadcaster must be understood, 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

Gimmicky diversity workshops not enough

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

THERE’S a moral panic in some sections of corporate South Africa. This could potentially be put to good use in terms of moving us closer to more inclusive workplace ...

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 ...

Artistic criticism isn’t censorship

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

There is a difference between the artistic and moral engagement with a work of art and asking an artist to self-censor.

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.

Get to root of violence – don't condemn

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

It is suspiciously easier to condemn violence than to ask why violence takes place. Violence, in its various permutations, means the destruction of public property ...

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.

Macho language’s rape culture role

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

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

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 ...

ANC skeletons can’t just be ignored

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

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

Watch out for Trump-like politicians

Eusebius McKaiser|Published

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