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Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol free life!Sobriety Myths with the late Eusebius McKaiserI’m recording this exactly a year after the death Eusebius McKaiser died at the tragically young age of 44.
He was a national treasure for South Africans – an author, a journalist and broadcaster. One of the smartest public intellects in the country he was a fierce defender of truth and justice as many politicians found out to their cost!
He was also a warm and generous friend.So instead of the planned episode I wanted to say a few words about my friend Eusebius and re-release one of the podcast interviews he did for Tribe Sober...
2024-06-0134 min
In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserPart 1 - One Year Later: The world is a beautiful place and we're glad Eusebius was in itRemembering Eusebius exactly one year after his untimely death on 30 May 2023 is not an easy thing to do. In this sometimes hilarious and sometimes poignant episode, Lovelyn speaks to some of the people who have had to make sense of a world without Eusebius namely: His father Donald McKaiser, his niece Jodie Colville and one of his best friends Lwandile Sisilana.
2024-05-301h 15In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserFinale Episode 2 - What the Heck: Being Coloured in SA in 2024Eusebius McKaiser was very deliberate about expressing his Coloured identity online, showcasing what it meant to him, challenging stereotypes and sometimes hilariously confirming stereotypes. In this conversation, host Lovelyn Nwadeyi speaks to three Coloured South Africans each with differing roles in the South African media landscape: Tessa Dooms a political analyst and author of Coloured: How Classification became Culture; Megan Lubke - Executive TV Producer at the SABC and Investigative Journalist as well as Lance Claasen - Station Manager at Rise FM in Mpumalanga. Each of our guests was invited to reflect on questions about representation, authenticity and what...
2024-05-061h 21In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserFinale Episode 1 - WHAT MAKES AN ACTIVIST?In this episode, we spotlight key organisations in which Eusebius McKaiser was affiliated. Lovelyn speaks to Wayde Davy, Former Deputy Director of the Apartheid Museum and Zaakira Mahomed, Founder of the Mina Foundation, and explores issues these two organisations face (race, gender and period poverty) as we celebrate our 30 year old democracy. While Eusebius did not consider himself an activist, we delve into his work with the Apartheid Museum and the Mina Foundation as we remember both his selflessness and commitment to building a better and more equitable society...
2024-05-0155 minTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol free life!Busting Sobriety Myths with EusebiusI’m recording this a couple of hours after hearing the appalling news that Eusebius McKaiser has died at the ridiculously young age of 44.
He was a national treasure for South Africans – an author, a journalist and broadcaster. One of the smartest public intellects in the country he was a fierce defender of truth and justice as many politicians found out to their cost!
He was also a warm and generous friend.So instead of the planned episode I wanted to say a few words about my friend Eusebius and re-release one of the podcast inter...
2023-06-0337 min
The HeraldEusebius McKaiser, the King of Vatiekakie, is gone.Eusebius McKaiser is no more. Long live Eusebius. How does one pay tribute to this larger than-life man who died so suddenly. In this episode Rams Mabote pays tribute to Eusebius McKaiser by sharing some of Eusebius' ever lasting moments that highlighted the person, journalist, analyst and thought leader he was. The Herald
2023-06-0113 min
Taking the Rams by the HornsEusebius McKaiser, the King of Vatiekakie, is gone.Eusebius McKaiser is no more. Long live Eusebius. How does one pay tribute to this larger than-life man who died so suddenly. In this episode Rams Mabote pays tribute to Eusebius McKaiser by sharing some of Eusebius' ever lasting moments that highlighted the person, journalist, analyst and thought leader he was. SowetanLIVE · SowetanLIVE Twitter Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
2023-05-3113 min
Eusebius on TimesLIVEEusebius McKaiser's last podcast on TimesLIVE: Is there a viable alternative to the ANC?Our beloved contributor Eusebius McKaiser passed away suddenly on Tuesday. News of his death broke just hours after TimesLIVE published one of his popular politics podcasts. Never would we have guessed it would be his last. Listen to it below.
A TimesLIVE reader responded to a social media comment from political analyst Eusebius McKaiser by expressing skepticism about there being a viable alternative to the ANC.
McKaiser had opined: "We need to normalise mentioning the name 'ANC' when telling stories about the economic and deeply personal impact of blackouts, such as a child dying because of lack of...
2023-05-3015 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 163 - FREEDOM & FAIRNESS: Our democracy's deep troubles can't be solved by fetishising marketsIn this edition of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser, I reflect on both Freedom Day and Worker's Day. I spend some time arguing that my generation and those of you who are younger shouldn't be ahistorical and glib about the achievements of those who came before us.That said, we have to be rigorous in our conceptualisation of 'freedom': what precisely is it? Unless we do some definitional work, we can't mind the empirical gap between the normative vision of the constitution and our present social un/realities. I end this edition by we...
2023-05-0219 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 162 - WHY SOUTH AFRICAN DOGS ARE RACISTAll I ask is that you listen to this entry of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser. It is ONLY 6min20sec. Only engage me afterwards. Just do me that favour.
2023-04-2506 minEusebius on TimesLIVEA conversation with Mbali Ntuli about how to repair our flawed democracyGround Work Collective is a new initiative started by former DA politician Mbali Ntuli. She joined TimesLIVE contributor and analyst Eusebius McKaiser, on his TimesLIVE podcast, to explain the motivation behind this non-profit company, and how it will achieve its goals.
Ntuli shared with McKaiser data that demonstrates a slow decline in both the share of registered voters who participate in South African elections, and decreasing interest among eligible new voters to actually register to vote. Ground Work Collective's core motivation is to help to improve on these figures, with a particular focus on the youth vote.
2023-04-2430 minEusebius on TimesLIVEFive insights from the Thabo Bester story we must hold on toIn this edition of Eusebius on TimesLIVE, five insights gained from the story of convicted rapist and murderer, Thabo Bester, and his alleged accomplice Dr Nandipha Magudumana, who faces several criminal charges of her own, are highlighted and explored.
The podcast host, Eusebius McKaiser, starts off by explaining 'unearned privilege' before applying the concept to this story. He offers an argument in support of the view that one can be the beneficiary of a disproportionate amount of public generosity if you are deemed to be conventionally beautiful, attractive and charming. These traits, argues the analyst, should not lead...
2023-04-1430 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 161 - VLADIMIR PUTIN SHOULD BE ARRESTED IF HE COMES TO SOUTH AFRICAIn this exceptionally short audio entry, I voice my argument, first published by TimesLIVE ( https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times-daily/opinion-and-analysis/2023-04-11-eusebius-mckaiser-the-opposite-of-pointing-out-western-moral-viciousness-isnt-to-let-putin-off-the-hook/ ), for why South Africa should arrest Russian president Vladimir Putin should he come to our country.Have a listen.
2023-04-1307 minEusebius on TimesLIVEPhalatse's speech was analytical but Steenhuisen emerged the better the better politicianThis afternoon, the two candidates for federal leader of the Democratic Alliance, John Steenhuisen, the incumbent, and his challenger Mpho Phalatse delivered their final leadership contest speeches at the party's congress currently underway.
TimesLIVE contributor and analyst, Eusebius McKaiser, watched the two speeches closely and, drawing on his experiences as a past World Masters Debate Champion and adjudicator of competitive debating and public speaking shows, analysed their performances.
Steenhuisen, with his wealth of political experience compared to Phalatse's, chose to focus on a very positive framing of what the DA had already achieved, and what it...
2023-04-0130 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 158 - THABO MBEKI VS THE ANCThis week, former president Thabo Mbeki wrote an extraordinary 17-page letter to deputy president Paul Mashatile. In it, he essentially critiqued various shortcomings of the current ANC parliamentary caucus.In this edition of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser, I do several things: a) explain the essential point of the letter; b) explain the structure and logic of the letter in a bit more detail; and (most importantly perhaps) c) offer you political analysis of what is at play here, which may not be apparent if you merely focus on the Phala Phala and...
2023-03-3125 minEusebius on TimesLIVEXILUVA: Will Bongani Baloyi's new political party bloom before 2024?Former ActionSA Gauteng leader Bongani Baloyi has started a new political party, Xiluva, meaning flower in Xitsonga. In this case, it refers to the protea, which is seen on the party's logo and was chosen, according to Baloyi, because of the flower's resilience.
He granted Eusebius on TimesLIVE an interview on what led to the party's formation and its values, and answered questions about the strategic and practical difficulties of being a new political player in a growing field of small and new competitors.
Baloyi told TimesLIVE contributor and analyst Eusebius McKaiser that Xiluva's foundational values are ubuntu...
2023-03-3051 minEusebius on TimesLIVEEXPLAINED: Why Bongani Baloyi resigned from ActionSA and what the repercussions areTimesLIVE contributor and analyst Eusebius McKaiser has followed the story of internal disagreements within ActionSA closely. In this explainer episode of Eusebius on TimesLIVE, he details how the Gauteng leader of ActionSA came to his decision to resign from the party.
McKaiser offers analysis that focuses on the implications for ActionSA and opposition politics generally.
Have a listen.
Produced by Bulelani Nonyukela.
2023-03-1328 minEusebius on TimesLIVESABC ‘on the verge of financial collapse’Michael Markovitz (former SABC Board member and head of the GIBS Media Think Tank) explained to podcast host Eusebius McKaiser what the role of the board is in respect to the functioning of the SABC.
Markovitz argues that it would be naive to downplay the centrality of the public broadcaster in the life of our democracy just because some citizens also have access to commercial media and new media. First, says Markovitz, the media products owned by the SABC are not restricted to terrestrial channels, but also online and other platforms and products that reach millions of people who...
2023-03-1232 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 154 - CAN THE ANC RISK PUTTING RAMAPHOSA'S FACE ON ITS 2024 ELECTIONS POSTERS?In this edition of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser, I ask and engage a bloody award question about Mr Ramaphosa's leadership weaknesses - should he even be the ANC's presidential candidate for 2024?I engaged this controversial question in a TimesLIVE analysis piece ( https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times-daily/opinion-and-analysis/2023-03-06-eusebius-mckaiser-can-the-anc-risk-putting-ramaphosas-face-on-its-2024-elections-posters/ ) and I voice the argument here for those of you who enjoy audio journalism as much as you enjoy reading. And yes obviously part of the debate would be "But who is better, Eusebius?!" I'm afraid you MUST listen to the w...
2023-03-0713 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 151 - REVERSE OPPRESSION: Let's slay some mythsI sometimes get asked in my keynote speeches on diversity, equity and inclusion whether interventions aimed at inclusion are dangerous because they can result in "unconscious exclusion." The fear is that victims of oppression may become today's oppressors.In this small entry of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser, I slay some myths around this issue.Have a listen
2023-02-2814 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 150 - DISINFORMATION - HOW IT FUNCTIONS, AND HOW TO RESPOND TO THE TRAPA sad person or bunch of 'em unsuccessfully attempted to run a disinformation campaign against me recently. In this episode of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser, I explain why these campaigns should not be oxygenated but, nevertheless, why they should not be taken lightly either. They are a threat to public discourse and to democracy by implication; that is quite apart from the potential to literally destroy lives.What is their ultimate function? And how should we think through them? Have a listen. As always, PLEASE rate our...
2023-02-2115 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 148 - SHEBA'S PEOPLE: what our responses to a tigress on the loose in Johannesburg revealsI was joined by Vanita Daniels (director at Rise Up Against Gender-Based Violence) and Nduduzo Nyanda (techpreneur), who are regular listeners of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser. We decided to shoot (not literally) ... uhm to shoot the breeze on a bizarre recent story of a tigress on the loose in Johannesburg. How the story played out, including the public responses to the story, was most interesting. It revealed many of our class, racial, political, and other fissures.In this episode, we frame some of these questions, tackle them, and invite you to do...
2023-01-2735 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 146 - DO ANC VOTERS VOTE AGAINST THEIR OWN INTERESTS? DO THEY CONSENT TO THEIR OWN DOMINATION ?Excellent futurist and Africa analyst Koffi Kouakou (The Centre for Africa-Chinese Studies, University of Johannesburg) joined me for a fascinating debate about ANC voters. He had listened to my previous episode, episode 145- 'Ramaphosa told you why you shouldn't vote ANC' ( https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/episode-145-ramaphosa-told-you-why-you-shouldnt-vote-anc/id1561851417?i=1000593632513 ) and wanted to put the ANC voter on trial. Koffi agreed with my main analysis ( https://www.timeslive.co.za/ideas/2023-01-10-eusebius-mckaiser-ramaphosa-told-you-why-you-shouldnt-vote-anc/ ) that the ANC's January 8th statement is an argument for not voting ANC. ...
2023-01-131h 18In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 145 - RAMAPHOSA TOLD YOU WHY YOU SHOULDN'T VOTE ANCIn this edition of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser, I share the main insights from my recent analysis piece ( https://www.timeslive.co.za/ideas/2023-01-10-eusebius-mckaiser-ramaphosa-told-you-why-you-shouldnt-vote-anc/ ) which critically examined the ANC's January 8th statement. The ANC's annual January 8th statement is part of its birthday celebrations. The statement is traditionally read by the party's president. It is an indication of what the party hopes to see happening within the government and the state in the forthcoming year. Given that the ANC is the actual governing party, it is an important early indication of...
2023-01-1112 minEusebius on TimesLIVEMedia coverage of Maselspoort racist attack is too tameIn this edition of Eusebius on TimesLIVE, podcast host Eusebius McKaiser wears his hat as a political analyst and reviews the coverage of what happened at a resort in the Free State recently.
McKaiser argues and explains how certain frameworks chosen by reporters, subeditors, and editors unwittingly water down the seriousness of racism.
He also offers arguments in support of the view that editorial choices are not value-neutral (just as neither writing nor reporting are value-neutral speech acts).What we write, and how we edit, and frame stories, can reveal our most deeply-held political convictions, he concludes, even...
2022-12-2930 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 144 - RACISM IS RACISM. MEDIA COVERAGE IS TOO TAME.In this edition of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser, I wear my hat as a political analyst and review the coverage thus far of what happened at a resort in Free State recently. I argue and explain how certain frameworks chosen by reporters, sub-editors, and editors unwiittingly water down the seriousness of racism. I also offer arguments in support of the view that editorial choices are not value-neutral (just as writing and reporting are not value-neutral speech acts). What we write, and how we edit, and frame stories, can reveal our most dee...
2022-12-2929 min
In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 141 - RAMAPHOSA'S JUDICIAL REVIEW STRATEGY IS INTERESTING BUT NOT UNANSWERABLEA section 89 independent panel had arrived at the conclusion that, on the face of it, President Cyril Ramaphosa has an impeachment case to answer. For a simple, 10-minute EXPLAINER of what they said - in case you missed it - check out the previous episode of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser (episode 140 - Is Ramaphosa a fatally wounded buffalo? Here's a quickie)For a wider conversation about the issue and the implications for our democracy, beyond the narrow legal issues, check out my conversation with Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh on his platform SMWX on YouTube ( https://youtu.be...
2022-12-0750 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 138 - BULLYING AT ROEDEAN: PART 1 Framing The IssuesIn the recent edition of Sunday Times ( https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/news/2022-11-27-parents-of-roedean-bullies-in-ugly-school-fight/ ), the paper reported on a horrible incident at a well-known independent school in Johannesburg, Roedean. It even allegedly involved fighting between parents that necessitated police being dispatched.The backdrop to the fights are guilty bullying verdicts and punishment for these: the alleged bullies' families feel the school had not dealt with the issues properly nor fairly, while the parents of the alleged victim also feel aggrieved. What is fact and what is f...
2022-11-2856 minEusebius on TimesLIVEEusebius McKaiser in conversation with Jacques PauwIn the latest edition of Eusebius on TimesLIVE he is joined by journalist and author Jacques Pauw to discuss his new book, Our Poisoned Land. It is a sequel to his previous bestseller, The President's Keepers.
McKaiser engaged Pauw on many themes and questions which included, amongst others, the following: is the much discussed excerpt about the EFF a distraction from the main issues in the book or a fair reflection of his intentions as author? How does he respond to critics who think that unethical journalism, related to an incident at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town...
2022-11-2136 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 134 - I ACCIDENTALLY QUIT ALCOHOL - HERE'S WHAT I LEARNEDMany of you write to me privately, asking for informal advice on quitting alcohol or cutting back massively.I've not consumed alcoholic beverages for more than three years now.Along the way, I have learned many things. Whether you are an alcoholic, or simply curious about sobriety, or maybe just keen to drink much less, this episode of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser, which is my story about accidentally quitting alcohol, will be of some use to you.Enjoy, and all the best.
2022-11-1531 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 133 - SEX WORK IS WORK. DECRMINALISE IT.In this epsiode of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser I explain my support for the decriminalisation of sex work.
2022-11-1311 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 127 - Dear White South Africans (and Herman Mashaba)In this edition of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser, I voice an essay I had written for TimesLIVE in which I critique the bullshit idea that race-based affirmative action policies are racist, and also slay the myth of meritocracy that make many white people falsely claim that their economic successes are due to hard work and fair play.There is a cluster of explicit and hidden premises in these positions that are popular despite being spectacularly false and fallacious. Have a listen.
2022-10-1712 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 125 - THE JOY AND VALUE OF READINGIn this latest edition of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser, I voice an essay I wrote this week that means a lot to me; it is a meditation on the joy and value of reading. I hope you enjoy it. If you are a keen reader, I hope you will feel affirmed. And if you are not yet a keen reader, I hope you will feel motivated to give books a chance.#ForTheLoveOfReading #ForTheLoveOfBooks
2022-09-2912 minEusebius on TimesLIVERichard Calland answers questions about the Phala Phala panelUniversity of Cape Town law professor Richard Calland is no longer going to serve on the panel tasked with a preliminary inquiry into a motion in terms of section 89 of the constitution. This motion relates to the Phala Phala controversy around president Cyril Ramaphosa. Some political parties had objected to Calland's appointment on the basis that he is politically biased in favour of Ramaphosa. Calland appeared on Eusebius on TimesLIVE to explain his decision to accept the judgment of the speaker of parliament that “it is in the best interest of the parliamentary process” for him to no longer be a pa...
2022-09-2733 minEusebius on TimesLIVEExcited about Mmusi Maimane's return to electoral politics?Former DA leader Mmusi Maimane told TimesLIVE contributor and analyst Eusebius McKaiser why he decided to register a political party to contest the 2024 elections.
On Eusebius on TimesLIVE, Maimane argues that communities are disempowered by the electoral system, which is why he focused his energies, after exiting formal politics in 2019, on electoral reform. He says effective political accountability requires that communities have the ability to recall parliamentarians who do not fulfil their mandate.
When McKaiser asked whether his will be a “classic political party”, Maimane said though it must be registered with the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) as a...
2022-09-2322 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 124 - "Dear Eusebius. I am married (to a woman) and (secretly) into guys … "A man who is on the DownLow wrote me a message sharing his story. In this edition of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser I give my view on men who are married but who have same-sex desire, and who may even actually be having same-sex sex.There is a helluva lot to say so this is the start of multiple conversations on the issue rather than one definitive take on it. Have a listen. And feel free to inbox me on social m...
2022-09-2120 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 121 - SHOULD A POLITICAL PARTY MARCH TO A NEWSPAPER'S OFFICES IF IT DISAGREES WITH AN EDITOR?In this edition of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser I share an audio version of my essay ( https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times-daily/opinion-and-analysis/2022-09-10-eusebius-mckaiser-the-ifp-wants-unconditional-love-so-its-protesting-against-a-lowly-newspaper-man/ ) that critiques a decision by an opposition party in South Africa, the IFP, to march to the offices of one of the weekly papers, City Press, because of the work of the editor, Mondli Makhanya. Listen to the narration of my essay
2022-09-1319 min
The Art of the SuitEpisode 021. The toxic workplace. The boss from hell.Send us a textThis is a podcast within a podcast. I was invited by Eusebius McKaiser to take part in a podcast on this subject on his platform, In the Ring with Eusebius McKaiser. We are good friends, colleagues and mutual coaches. The motivation behind this episode was that we BOTH constantly have people sharing the pain the pain they experience as a result of a toxic workplace - very often as the result of having a boss from hell.We unpack this issue along with a few recommendations of how to survive this t...
2022-09-0240 minEusebius on TimesLIVECope, Transnet executives, Afrophobia and reimagining SA’s politicsOn his TimesLIVE podcast, contributor and analyst Eusebius McKaiser hosted senior investigative reporters Thanduxolo Jika and Sabelo Skiti. They engaged major news stories in the recent news cycle, diving below the headlines, offering interpretation and framing critical discussion about what matters.
The first issue they debated was whether the apparent implosion of Cope is to be lamented. Skiti offered an argument for why the party was bound to be stillborn, if one had proper regard for the motives of the founders of the party, and how they went about setting up Cope. McKaiser countered it was, nevertheless, regrettable that...
2022-08-3147 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 116 - SEARCHING FOR THE MEANING OF LIFE IN YOUR GREY HAIR?In this epsiode of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser I share my recent essay ( https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times-daily/opinion-and-analysis/2022-08-09-eusebius-mckaiser-searching-for-the-meaning-of-life-in-your-grey-hair/ ) about the meaning of life. Searching for meaning need not be dreary. I draw on existentialism to reflect on the quandary of making sense of our existence
2022-08-1713 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 114 - OUTRAGE ABOUT RAPE MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY ACTION. HERE'S WHAT WE MIGHT DOBased on an essay I recently wrote ( https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times-daily/opinion-and-analysis/2022-08-02-eusebius-mckaiser-outrage-about-rape-must-be-accompanied-by-action-heres-what-we-might-do/?device=feature_phone ) about rape culture, in response to the gang-rapes that had happened in Krugersdorp here in South Africa, I narrate the content of my essay. It focused on several aspects of our responses to incidents of rape when they are reported: a) an inappropriate grading of rape and murder, as if some rape stories are more "rage-worthy" than others - I explain why this is problematic ; b) the callous response of our minister of police, Bheki Cele, who implied that o...
2022-08-0515 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 109 - WAS BHEKI CELE SIMPLY DRUNK ON POWER? CAN *THAT* OUTBURST BE MADE SENSE OF AT ALL?Police minister Bheki Cele shouted at some guy called Ian Cameron (from an outfit called Action Society) at a community safety event in Gugulethu, Cape Town. It is one of the most horrendous acts of public bullying from a politician I have seen. In this edition of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser I analyse the issues: what might have triggered the minister's response? Is there any explanation for his shouting? How should we (properly) characterise it? Are there factors that should make us soften our judgement of the minister? What, too, of Cameron? Ought he to ha...
2022-07-0930 min
The Hustler's Corner SAVirtual Mkhukhu Ep15: Eusebius Mckaiser | Radio | Politics | Race | Academia | Rhodes |Books |LGBTQIEusebius McKaiser is a political analyst, author and broadcaster He has written three books - A Bantu In My Bathroom, Could I Vote DA ? & Run Racist RunHe has a master's degree in philosophy & has written for many news media like New York Times, Guardian, etc And he has hosted several radio and TV shows including Power Talk and The Eusebius McKaiser Show on Power FM and 702 respectively He currently hosts In The Ring Podcast with Eusebius.He loves debate and has won the national universities championship, represented Oxford University a...
2022-07-061h 28In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 107 - #QUEER101 - ANSWERING 10 QUESTIONS FROM MY INBOX ABOUT QUEER ISSUESI asked you to send me any questions, without fear of being shamed or lashed, that you have about homosexuality/queer people/"the queer community" etc. There were too many! We'll do another round in future. For now, in this episode of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser, I offered answers or thoughts (where clear answers evaded me) in response to the following ten sets of questions/comments: Question 1Where do you stand on the recent ruling that trans women can't participate in professional swimming?Question 2
2022-07-0142 minEusebius on TimesLIVEIs the business of media broken?Arena Holdings group CEO Mzi Malunga is the guest on this latest episode of Eusebius on TimesLIVE. They explored the question of whether the business model of media, as some might argue, is broken.
They started with host Eusebius McKaiser briefly teasing out Malunga's career in journalism which goes back to the 1980s. He has performed many roles within the previous corporate incarnations of Arena, first as a journalist and then on the commercial and managerial sides. About 10 years ago he exited and only returned in recent months in this new leadership role that requires a vision of how t...
2022-06-2026 minEusebius on TimesLIVEEXCLUSIVE: Douglas Stuart speaks to Eusebius McKaiser about ‘Young Mungo’The 2020 Booker Prize winner, Douglas Stuart, spoke to Eusebius McKaiser about his sensational second novel, Young Mungo. Stuart became an international writing sensation after his debut novel, Shuggie Bain, won the Booker, and gained him countless readers and fans in the literary world. In this episode of Eusebius on TimesLIVE, they explored the story of Mungo in great detail.
"Young Mungo is set in Glasgow and tells the story of Mungo and his family. They are a working-class Protestant family, with plenty of trials and tribulations. His mom, Maureen, is an alcoholic. His brother, Hamish, several years older...
2022-06-1549 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 101 - We need to talk about the EFFEFF MPs disrupted parliament on Thursday, trying to prevent President Cyril Ramaphosa from delivering the presidency budget speech. It all turned into chaos, and with EFF MPs being ejected. The delivery of the president's speech was delayed by over an hour.I think the EFF made a strategic error. And that is putting it lightly. Listen to this latest edition of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser to understand the details of why I think the trick employed by EFF should be criticised. The trick did not work for the party nor for entrenching...
2022-06-1022 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 94 - TALKING BOOKS: Exploring Young MungoI invited Daily Maverick's Mark Heywood (himself an author, and also a well-known activist who has spent decades fighting for justice) to join me to talk about Young Mungo, the second novel written by brilliant Douglas Stuart. Stuart won the Booker Prize for his stunning debut, Shuggie Bain.I couldn't ask for a better guest than Mark. He has a deep love of literature and of reading - he really remains a student of literature - and he found the evocative writing of Stuart in both of his novels to be moving, and a brilliant exposition of important...
2022-05-2045 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 91 - ONLY RACISTS WANT TO WAVE THE OLD SOUTH AFRICAN FLAG GRATUITOUSLYAfriforum is hiding behind free speech rights in order to justify their nostalgia for apartheid. In this episode of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser I explain why the legal debate is less important than the political and moral debates.I explain why we should be concerned about anyone who desires to cling on to symbols of hate, symbols of trampling on black people's dignity. There are issues here that the law cannot settle. I frame these for public discussion. The legal issues a...
2022-05-1125 min
Music of AfricaEusabious Mckaiser has penned an article for Times Live where in it he questions the existence of God.Today on the show we aim to understand his position, as well as hear from Clergy regarding this. Can they prove the existence of God to a point of convincing him? Guest : Easton Zinhumwe- Hebrew Yisralite and Evangelist Guest: Prof. Nadar holds the NRF/LMS Desmond Tutu South African Research Chair in Religion and Social Justice at the University of the Western Cap Guest: Eusebius McKaiser Contributor and analyst for Times Live
2022-04-2554 minEusebius on TimesLIVEEncountering God through feminist liberation-theologiesUniversity of Western Cape gender and religion scholar Professor Sarojini Nadar responded to an article by TimesLIVE analyst and contributor, Eusebius McKaiser, in which he had argues that the God he was taught about in Catholicism does not exist. McKaiser argues that the characteristics of being all-loving, all-powerful and all-knowing are incompatible with the existence of natural evils like devastating floods and earthquakes. Nadar did not reject all of McKaiser' philosophical analysis, but expanded the conversation by explaining why she had abandoned, in her own personal journey and academic work, a conception of God that invokes notions of "might, masculinity an...
2022-04-2145 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 88 -PROF SAROJINI NADAR (UWC) ENGAGES MY CLAIM THAT THE CHRISTIAN GOD DOES NOT EXISTProfessor Sarojini Nadar (University of Western Cape) responded(https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times-daily/opinion-and-analysis/2022-04-16-god-grief-and-good-friday-a-response-to-eusebius-mckaiser/?fbclid=IwAR0SioBDrOuKohEuxvKf2-i51Uvrtz2ow9V8X43wWBwzCero5zZ-1P8p3iI ) to an article in which I had argued that the God I was taught about in Catholiism does not exist ( https://www.timeslive.co.za/ideas/2022-04-15-eusebius-mckaiser-i-was-taught-god-exists-that-is-a-lie-heres-why/ ). I argued that the characteristics of being all-loving, all-powerful and all-knowing are incompatible with the existence of natural evils like devastating floods and earthquakes. Nadar did not reject all of my philosophical analysis, but expanded the conversation by explaining...
2022-04-2044 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 87 - THE PROBLEM OF EVILSome people are upset by a recent article I wrote ( https://www.timeslive.co.za/ideas/2022-04-15-eusebius-mckaiser-i-was-taught-god-exists-that-is-a-lie-heres-why/ ) in which I had argued that evil is imcompatible with God's alleged omnisience, omnipotence and omnibenevolence. Many of the responses to me were sheer bile, and one of them appealed to 'free will' as an explanation of why God cannot interfere in natural disasters like floods and earthquakes.In this edition of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser, I do two things. First, I explain how the FORMAL LOGICAL nature of 'the problem of evil' is misunderstood by m...
2022-04-1921 minEusebius on TimesLIVEThe true cost of ANC delinquency is worse than you thinkPolitical analyst Ebrahim Fakir painted a dire picture on Eusebius on TimesLIVE about the true total cost of the leadership crisis within the governing African National Congress. With fellow political analyst and podcast host Eusebius McKaiser, Fakir explored the consequences of unethical leadership within the ANC going unpunished. Many examples, from the perjury conviction of former social development minister Bathabile Dlamini to murder-accused Mandla Msibi being elected as ANC Mpumalanga treasurer-general, suggest that unethical and even criminal conduct are not obstacles to occupying positions of leadership within the governing party. The nexus question of this edition of Eusebius on TimesLIVE...
2022-04-0535 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 83 - DECONSTRUCTING WILL SMITH & CHRIS ROCKI think Will Smith and Chris Rock should both be criticised for what happened at the Oscars. I argued for this viewpoint on TimesLIVE ( https://www.timeslive.co.za/ideas/2022-03-28-eusebius-mckaiser-heres-why-chris-rock-and-will-smith-deserve-neither-praise-nor-defence/ )In this edition of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser, I summarise my argument but go further and also expand on responses to criticism while adding new points I did not raise in my analysis piece.Enjoy
2022-03-3153 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 75 - ARE ALL WHITE PEOPLE RACISTS? DO ALL WHITE PEOPLE BENEFIT FROM ANTI-BLACK RACISM?Between now and Human Rights Day on 21st March, we are focusing on anti-racism for the week. Each day this week, on In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser, I will address, in a short audio entry, one or two aspects of the fight against white supremacy, the fight against anti-black racism and for racial equality. In this first entry of the week, I raise and answer two questions: are all white people racist? Do all white people benefit from the global history of anti-black racism?Listen to this very short podcast entry to u...
2022-03-1409 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 74 - MBALI NTULI: MORE THAN A POLITICIANI decided to hang out with Democratic Alliance leader and politician Mbali Ntuli. We challenged ourselves to not speak party politics, and what unfolded was a beautiful conversation about the myriad quandaries of parenting (she is a mom to a little daughter and also currently pregnant), illness and mental health (she speaks openly about some severe existential challenges), the upsides and downsides of public life, and so much more.Enjoy and remember to SUBSCRIBE to In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser before leaving.
2022-03-0935 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 72 - AFRIFORUM VS MALEMA: 3 FREE LESSONS FOR ANTI-BLACK RACISTSDespite being bored by the desperate hate speech case brought by Afriforum against Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema, for the apparent singing of the allegedly hate speech-filled anti-apartheid chant, Kill the Boer, so many of you asked me for my opinion that I've reluctantly done so in this short episode. There are three lessons here for racists that Malema freely provided. I discuss them. Simply click and enjoy this latest episode of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast before leaving!
2022-02-2724 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 70 - DID YOU NOTICE RAMAPHOSA BLACKMAILED YOU ON THURSDAY?Towards the end of the state of the nation address last week, president Cyril Ramaphosa appeared to be inspiring us all to be "resilient". Wittingly or unwittingly, however, he was emotionally blackmailing you. I wrote about that on TimesLIVE in an analysis piece you can read ( https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times-daily/opinion-and-analysis/2022-02-13-eusebius-mckaiser-did-you-notice-ramaphosa-blackmailed-you-on-thursday/?fbclid=IwAR16GGjVO6n093cOkgqGQqiMKXld7zKyC7SwTUtHTzBKjurEBWgpLeokTTg ) In this very short episode, however, I make the case for why my charge of blackmail is not an exaggeration, and explain how we ought to respond to being politically blackmailed by t...
2022-02-1512 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 69 - WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSAIn this latest episode of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser, I was joined by two excellent former journalists, Lance Claasen and Thabo Shole-Mashao, who now allegedly play in the murky worlds of public relations, communications and, who knows, reputational management (or uhm not)!These combinations of skills and experiences made for a fascinating debate between the three of us about the political brand, and leadership strengths and weaknesses, of president Cyril Ramaphosa. Some of the questions (among many others) that we discussed included: why is Ramaphosa so indecisive? I...
2022-02-0933 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 66 - DOES THE CONSTITUTION CONTAIN THE RIGHT VISION FOR AN IDEAL SOUTH AFRICA?Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh and I jointly hosted each other in a fun, experimental set-up where I appeared on his fantastic YouTube channel, and that in turn served also as the recording of this episode of In The Ring. We explored two framing questions about the constitution: first, is the vision for the country that is contained in the constitution the right vision for an ideal South Africa? Secondly, would changes to the constitutional text make any difference in helping us achieve a more just South Africa?These proved to be complex questions that gave r...
2022-02-0159 minEusebius on TimesLIVEBongani Baloyi didn’t vote for the DA in the local electionsIn a wide-ranging interview on Eusebius on TimesLIVE, former Midvaal mayor Bongani Baloyi explained why he did not vote for his now former party, the DA, in last year’s local government elections.
He was at pains to explain to the host, Eusebius McKaiser, how he slowly started feeling estranged from the DA after policy shifts that did not resonate with his political and personal convictions. In particular, he says, the abandonment by the party of using race as a proxy for disadvantage entrenched his conviction that there is a lack of empathy from the party, including the leader Jo...
2022-02-0143 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 65 - JOANNE JOSEPH COMES OUT THE CLOSETIn this episode of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser, I hang out with top South African author and broadcaster Joanne Joseph, catching up with her on what she had been up to since leaving 702.I started off by engaging her on vegetarianism. Thereafter we talked about the media landscape generally and in particular her experience as a woman in media. In what was a wide-ranging conversation in which we get to know her better, we also touch on life as a public figure, reading preferences, musical tastes and more.Enjoy!
2022-01-2845 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 64 - DEAR MEN AND WHITE PEOPLE: HERE'S HOW TO BE A BETTER ANTI-PATRIACHY AND ANTI-RACISM ALLYHow should white people respond to their positionality in a world in which anti-black racism proliferates? How should men respond to their positionality in a world in which patriarchy proliferates?What does it mean to be an ally of black people? What does it mean to be an ally of women? What are the true requirements of ubuntu, and what action steps should be taken by allies to truly be productive in helping to smash racism and patriarchy. This episode of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser examines both male privilege and white privilege. It f...
2022-01-1833 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 63 - A COMPULSORY MASTERCLASS ON FEMINISM AND REALPOLITIK FROM LEBOGANG RAMAFOKOI really don't wanna sell you this podcast episode with a lengthy description. Can I just say this - if you listen to only ONE episode of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser in 2022 it will probably have to be this one.Lebogang is a brilliant guest. Energetic. Passionate. Intellectually stimulating. And as a feminist and social activist she gives us a masterclass on feminism and realpolitik that would be of interest to local and international audiences.I'd pay you to listen to if I won the lottery! Just ... trust me.Listen immediately...
2022-01-1446 minTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol free life!Busting Sobriety Myths with Eusebius McKaiserTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life!
This week I’m interviewing one of South Africa’s national treasures - author, journalist, and political analyst Eusebius McKaiser.
I first interviewed Eusebius in 2020 and that conversation remains our most downloaded episode – you can find it on Tribe Sober podcast episode 29 so please check it out later
A couple of years later I ditched the drink, started Tribe Sober and noticed that he had signed up for our Dry January Challenge.
Eusebius is now 3 years sober and is yet another example of how effecti...
2022-01-0844 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 57 - PHILOSOPHER LUCY ALLAIS EXPLAINS WHY I HAVE AN ETHICAL DUTY TO GET VACCINATEDI asked philosopher Lucy Allais to join me to help us think philosophically about some of the debates around vaccines for covid-19. If, for example, I do not want to get vaccinated, is it okay to straightforwardly choose to not getvaccinated? Lucy doesn't think so, and in this episode of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser she systematically talks us through the ethical issues by asking, 'what do we owe others?' We also talked about whether or not some of the rights-talk from those who do not want to get vaccinated - "I have a right t...
2021-12-0935 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 56 - HOW TO FIND A JOB AND MOVE UP THE CAREER LADDERIn the latest Episode of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser, I am in conversation with ART OF THE SUIT Business and Executive Coach Dawn Klatzko, about what to do and not to do while in search of a job, and climbing the ladder in your firm or within your industry. This episode is filled with practical career development tips, whether you are an unemployed graduate or a mid-career professional feeling stuck. It is compulsory listening.
2021-11-2539 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 54 - SHEBEENS AND TAVERNS: ARE THEY MORAL HAZARDS?We refer to taxes imposed on consuming alcohol as 'sin taxes' because of the association of alcohol with many social sins. This is not entirely unjustified if one looks at what fuels violence, and other anti-social behaviours in our society, but is that the whole story?We particularly view sheebens and taverns as moral hazards in ways in which clubs and pubs in urban areas are not. Is this fair? Are shebeens and taverns moral hazards? Or is that, at best, a partially correct view? What, at any rate, is the difference between a shebeen and a...
2021-11-2238 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 53 - THE MORAL FAILURES OF F W DE KLERKAuthor and commentator Sisonke Msimang joined Eusebius on In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser to discuss the legacy of apartheid's last leader, F W de Klerk.Did he fully and adequately account for apartheid and his role in it ? Did he deserve a Nobel prize for peace? Is it "too soon" to criticise him or does he not deserve a quiet period of mourning before critical legacy debates are framed? What about the different ways in which he is interpreted by others? Some black people will and do respond with grace: why and is that praiseworthy or m...
2021-11-1131 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser Episode 27 - HOW DO WE DISMANTLE WHITE SUPREMACY WHILE NOT GIVING SUPREMACISTS EXCESSIVE ATTENTION?My friend Oliver Dickson and I tried to puzzle through one of the enduring strategic dilemmas we face in the fight for an anti-racist society: how do we make sure that white supremacy doesn't take up too much of our energies while simultaneously NOT ignoring it and NOT naively hoping it will disappear quietly?Have a listen and join the conversation.
2021-10-2238 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 45 - ISOBEL FRYE THINKS WE CAN AND MUST SPEND MORE ON SOCIAL SECURITY: CAN SHE CONVINCE YOU?I invited Isobel Frye (Director, Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute) to weigh in on what is becoming an internecine policy debate about unemployment, low growth and the size of our welfare state.Can we afford a Basic Income Grant? What would be its size, total cost to the country and what mechanism would be used to administer it? If the goal is ultimately to get people more economically active and into the labour market, doesn't an increased debt burden make it harder to get the economy growing sustainably around 5% and in a way that is conducive...
2021-10-161h 01In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 39 - RACE AND RACISM (PART 2 OF 3): THE PROBLEMS WITH NON-RACIALISMMany South Africans love saying that we should aim at a non-racial South Africa. But what does that mean? And is 'non-racialism' really the appropriate goal to formulate in response to the legacies of colonialism and apartheid?In this episode, Professor Lewis Gordon retrns, in the second of our 3-part series on race and racism. (The first episode in the 3-part series is archived as episode 23 of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser)He argues that we should focus on anti-racism and not on non-racialism. But it is in the details of his analysis in...
2021-09-2046 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 38 - THESE ARE NOT GENTLE PEOPLEAward-winning author and veteran BBC broadcaster Andrew Harding was my guest a few months ago on a YouTube show, Cover to Cover, which I co-hosted with fellow journalist Joanne Joseph. I interviewed him about his brilliant second book, These Are Not Gentle People, which has just won the most prestigious non-fiction award in South Africa, the Sunday Times/CNA Literary Award for non-fiction. Just outside Parys, in January 2016, events occurred that led to a community in turmoil: two black farm workers ended up dead and several white farmers stood accused of murder. Andrew spo...
2021-09-2017 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 31 - CAN WE REVERSE OUR DISGRACEFUL UNEMPLOYMENT STATS ?Duma Gqubule (well-known policy expert who focuses a lot of his research on economic development) joined me on In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser to make sense of the horror of 44,4% South Africans being unemployed. There can be little doubt that the implications for our democracy are dire if we do not get the 11,9 million adults who are capable of working but not working, into jobs, soonest. How did we get here? Were there periods of relative success after 1994 when jobs were created at a decent pace and sustainably so? What was done right d...
2021-08-251h 07In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 29 - COULD I VOTE EFF?The Economic Freedom Fighters sold itself as THE pro-poor political party, a perfect alternative to a morally bankrupt ANC-led government that is also endemically corrupt. But how desirable is the EFF as an alternative to the ANC and to the Democratic Alliance?In light of the corruption allegations the party's top leadership, and the party itself, have been facing, I step back from the evidence- discussed in the previous episode, episod 28, of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser with journalist Pauli Van Wyk- and offer a pointed political perspective here, in this very short e...
2021-08-2023 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 28 - IS FLOYD SHIVAMBU CORRUPT? HERE'S THE CASE AGAINST HIMThe South African Revenue Service is going after Brian Shivambu for alleged tax evasion, having slapped him with a tax bill of R28.2 million. They also accuse him of defrauding VBS Mutual Bank to the tune of some R16 million. It gets worse for the Shivambu’s- Brian's brother Floyd, Economic Freedom Fighters' second most senior leader and an MP, is allegedly a beneficiary of the loot to the tune of at least R1,6 million and likely much more, as evidenced by bank statements from his FNB Private Wealth bank account. In this episode of In The...
2021-08-1843 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 27 - HOW SHOULD I READ A BOOK?One of the listeners of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser enjoyed the episode in which I engaged Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh on his book The New Apartheid and left the following generous comment on my Instagram account, "Your analysis of Sizwe's book was amazing. Perhaps it would be great for you to give us tips on how you read and subsequently analyse and or synthesise a book's key arguments...in a future instalment of your podcast."My producer and I listen to your engagement and feedback continuously. Because the podcast belongs to us...
2021-08-131h 06In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 26 - THE NEW APARTHEIDSizwe Mpofu-Walsh argues in his latest book that apartheid did not die in 1994 but had, instead, been privatised. In a substantive, theoretically rich, introduction chapter, he puzzles through conceptual analysis to justify his resuscitation of the dreaded apartheid-framework. Mindful of the fact that life before 1994 was, in obvious respects, uniquely evil under apartheid, the philosphical work in the introduction is important to avoid any hasty criticism about the work's main thesis. The subsequent middle chapters are empirically rich premises spanning many themes: space, law, wealth, technology, punishment. These c...
2021-08-081h 05The Art of the SuitEpisode 012 Eusebius McKaiser A Personal Brand interviewSend us a textFollowing on from the introduction to the meaning and use of a Personal Brand, in episode 11, I accept that while most people can grasp the concept of brand building for conventional brands, they will find it difficult to interpret this ability when it comes to building your personal brand.To help remove the mystery, and encourage you to develop your own, I will be interviewing a number of people who I believe have fabulous and powerful personal brands. I will be asking them the how, when and why of...
2021-08-0454 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 21 - IS PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA THE LEADER WE NEED RIGHT NOW?In this episode of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser, I answer a cluster of questions that an Australian journalist had put to me today: can president Cyril Ramaphosa help the African National Congress to recover from the mess it has occasioned? Does Mr Ramaphosa, more specifically, have the leadership ability to lead South Africa out of the current crises?After puzzling through these very interesting questions, I sadly arrived an answer in the negative. Listen to the podcast to understand why I hold this sceptical...
2021-07-1527 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 20 - LOOTING, CRIMINALITY, PROTESTS: HOW SHOULD WE INTERPRET EVENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA RIGHT NOW?In this edition of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser, I offer trenchant analysis of what is going on in South Africa right now. It is, I argue in this podcast, a mistake to interpret the looting as mere criminality and sheer opportunism. There is a complex number of both more immediate and longer-term drivers behind these events and anyone interested in a serious understanding of this crisis must avoid the danger of a single narrative. Instead, as you will hear in this podcast episode, I see these events of the last few days as having deep roots in...
2021-07-1229 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 18 - THE MORNING AFTER ZUMA'S IMPRISONMENT: 5 LESSONS AND REFLECTIONSNow that former president Jacob Zuma has been taken into custody to start his 15 month jail sentence for contempt of court, we should learn lessons from the legal and political events in relation to this case. In this episode of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser, I put on my hat as a political analyst and work through five lessons and reflections that I regard as crucial for us to internalise as a society, and which we can export to the international community, including the global North. Societies, just like individuals, will and do face adversity from time...
2021-07-0817 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 17 - ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT COVID-19 VACCINESProfessor Francois Venter (Wits University) joined us to answer a range of questions including, among others, the following: how do vaccines work in the body? How long does it take before I have protection against covid-19 after being vaccinated? What is the extent of the protection I have (besides the duration of it)? How should I think about the side-effects? What are the odds of blood clots forming and how do I weigh that in my decision on whether or not to get vaccinated? Does ivermectin work? Can I still get covid-19 after being vaccinated? Can I transmit...
2021-07-0527 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 16 - WHY ZUMA'S LEGAL TRICKS TO STAY OUT OF JAIL WILL FAILFormer president Jacob Zuma has been sent to an unsuspended 15 months in jail for contempt of court by the constitutional court. He has now initiated two sets of legal proceedings in the hope of NOT going to jail. He wants the order to be stayed - in other words he wants the high court to help him not YET go to jail - while he tries his luck at the constitutional court, convincing it that it made an error in sending him to jail for contempt. In this special edition of In The Ring W...
2021-07-0438 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 15 - UNDERSTANDING WHY JACOB ZUMA IS SENT TO JAILIn this special episode of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser, I explain and analyse why former president Jacob Zuma was sent to direct imprisonment for 15 months by the constitutional court today. What was the legal basis of the judgment? Was it sound? How did the court reason about the punishment aspect? And what was the basis of dissent by two of the court's justices? What, finally, is the political significance of this case and the likely political consequences?
2021-06-2938 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 14 - I WAS WRONG - or - I CHANGED MY MINDMany of us become attached to our core beliefs, including social and political convictions. It becomes easy to dig in our heels, and to not be open to re-examining a cherised conviction you have held for many years. But this is not an intellectually admirable quality. We should be open to persuasion if we encounter good reason or reasons to abandon that which we have always regarded as correct (until now). The quality of our public debate depends in part on our collective willingness to be less hard-headed and more intellectually humble. In this e...
2021-06-2647 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 10 - THEMBA MASEKO: WITNESS TO STATE CAPTUREI did an in-depth interview with Themba Maseko, author of For My Country: Why I Blew The Whistle On Zuma And The Guptas, about his direct experiences as a top civil servant who was pressured (without success) by the Gupta family to help them steal from the state. The phenomenon of 'state capture' has become part of the South African lexicon, and represents not just grand theft of public monies but also, therefore, a direct and serious assault on the very foundations of South Africa's constitutional democracy. In this episode of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser, t...
2021-06-0751 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 9 - DECOLONISING ELITE SCHOOLSDespite almost thirty years of racial desegregation of our schools, many former Model C-schools and private schools are still institutionally racist or exclusionary in other ways.In this edition of In The Ring With Eusebius Mckaiser, we talk frankly about what is going on in our schools, and what needs to be done to decolonialise our schools so that they are more just and inclusive spaces for all the stakeholders.Author Sue Nyathi and deputy head of St John's College, Houghton (Johannesburg) Allan Magubane joined Eusebius to reflect on...
2021-06-021h 26In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 8 - IS SEXUAL RACISM BULLSHIT OR REAL?Is it morally wrong to have racially exclusionary romantic and sexual preferences? Can one draw a meaningful distinction between desire as such and the expression of that desire such thatrace-specific sexual desire is ethically permitted but not the explicit, public expression of these desires? Is it madness for dating apps to stop users from expressing racial preferences in their desiredpartner? More generally, should 'matters of taste' ever be subject to moral evaluation? Or, should we not simply leave sexual feelings out of race discourse? These are some of t...
2021-05-2558 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 7 - THE ZUMA CORRUPTION TRIAL IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOU THINKIn this special edition of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser, I analyse the Jacob Zuma corruption trial that ALMOST got underway today.The use of lawfare to fight internal party political battles is as South African as braai ("barbecue"). But the intersection of law and politics can be rather confusing. But don't fear- I've got you covered! I explain the essence of what happened today and offer a critical interpretation, as a political analyst, of the MEANING of the legal and political drama that is unfolding. Spoiler alert: the very fo...
2021-05-1754 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 4 - CAN LIBERALISM BE RESCUED ?Academic, author and analyst Dr Richard Pithouse joined me in this episode of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser to put liberalism on trial. I am a liberal. Sometimes, in the South African context, it seems like 'liberal' is expected to be an embarrassing tag to be labeled with, let alone one to choose for oneself. Dr Pithouse has written many essays over the years, critiquing liberalism globally. I wanted to understand his beef with liberalism, but I also wanted to make the case for why I find liberalism attractive, and why liberalism should be rescued in South Africa...
2021-05-0535 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 3 - BURNT ALIVE: THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF QAPHELA GOBODOIn this episode of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser, 20-year-old rugby fanatic Qaphela Gobodo tells the remarkable story of what happened when jealous peers at school poured paraffin on him, and set him alight. He was nearly burnt to death and ended up in hospital for many months and countless operations to repair a body that had come within seconds of death. Yet, despite the deep physical and emotional scars, the flame of hope inside this inspirational young man, kept burning, and kept him on his path to self-love, self-acceptance and getting back on the rugby f...
2021-04-2832 minIn The Ring With Eusebius McKaiserEpisode 1 "Mind your language: should you ever vocalise offensive words?"In this edition of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser, I ask whether Professor Adam Habib, director at SOAS, is a racist who should be fired for vocalising the N-word in a webinar with students. There are many complexities that these bald questions raise, and with the help of some excellent guests (Lovelyn Nwadeyi, a social justice strategist; Rob Berkely, who works on anti-racism in the UK; and Kopano Ratele, an academic psychologist and author), we work slowly and systematically through all of the linguistic, ethical, political and leadership issues that this incident has forced us to have a...
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Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol free life!Goodbye to Alcohol - Series 3 - Episode 8 - Eusebius McKaiser talks about his Relationship with AlcoholAfter running WWW for 5 years and helping hundreds of people to ditch the drink and embrace alcohol-free living I've learned a thing or two. My biggest insight has been that sharing our stories around alcohol is the most powerful way we can help others - and that's why the heart of this podcast is recovery stories.
This week I'm chatting to broadcaster, political analyst and author Eusebius McKaiser. Eusebius hosted a daily radio show in South Africa and often invited me as his guest to discuss all things alcohol related. Many of our community...
2020-12-2653 minTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol free life!Eusebius McKaiser talks about his Relationship with Alcohol
Tribe Sober - Your guide to alcohol-free living!
After running Tribe Sober for 5 years and helping hundreds of people to ditch the drink and embrace alcohol-free living I've learned a thing or two. My biggest insight has been that sharing our stories around alcohol is the most powerful way we can help others - that's why the heart of this podcast is recovery stories.
This week I'm chatting to broadcaster, political analyst and author Eusebius McKaiser. Eusebius hosted a daily radio show in South Africa and often invited me as his guest to discuss all thi...
2020-12-2654 min
Millennial Musings with Anurag21.0: On imposter syndrome & how to navigate it with Eusebius McKaiserWe're back! Season 3 is now live and we kick it off with an in depth exploration on imposter syndrom with author, broadcaster, and Rhodes Scholar Eusebius McKaiser. Anurag and Eusebius open up about their constant struggles with imposter syndrome, and how it has impacted their lives. They explore their first experiences of feeling like an imposter, the ways in which it limited their abilllities to own the spaces they were in, and ultimately how they are trying to curtail its impact on their everyday lives.
Eusebius McKaiser is a Broadcaster, Author, Political Analyst, Debate and Public Speaking C...
2020-10-2054 min
Foreign Blend1. Private School in South AfricaBlack people in Jewish schools, navigating Afrikaans and talking about racism with your white friends. In this episode we review our experiences of private school and try make sense of it all.
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PETITION: End Racism in South African Schools
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RACISM AT SOUTH AFRICA'S ELITE SCHOOLS Eusebius McKaiser interviews current and past students (19 Ju...
2020-06-221h 11
The Literature CornerLiterature Corner: Eusebius Mckaiser in conversation with women run Book Clubs.Eusebius hosted Xoli Mcobothi from Bafatibebumbene, Naomi Webster from Palesa Book Club and Phiwe Mncwabe from VSS Book Club Foundation to share their experiences of forming and running successful book clubs..See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2019-01-1023 min