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Eusebius on TimesLIVE

Eusebius McKaiser, well-known broadcaster, author, and now also contributor and political analyst for TimesLIVE, hosts a weekly podcast that journeys to the heart of major news items, dissecting politics, law, and ethics.

Eusebius is known for sharp debate, and this podcast is no different. It will inform, entertain, explain and frame evidence-informed debates about the major stories of the week.
Weekly English South Africa News Commentary · Politics
103 Episodes
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Lebogang Maile: ‘Delegates must elect me so I can help renew the ANC’

Eusebius on TimesLIVE was joined by Gauteng co-operative governance and human settlements MEC Lebogang Maile to hear why he believes he should be elected ANC provincial chairperson. They started with a discussion about the need for modernisation in the ruling party. McKaiser said voters of Maile’s age and younger are…
21 Jun 2022 33 min

Is 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…
20 Jun 2022 26 min

EXCLUSIVE: 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…
15 Jun 2022 49 min

France vs Russia: the renewed scramble for Africa

Africa is "the last business frontier" and that is why geopolitical tensions between countries like France and Russia include a renewed scramble for Africa. This is the view of Koffi Kouakou, an Africa analyst and senior fellow at The Centre of Africa-China Studies at the University of Johannesburg. He unravelled…
13 Jun 2022 37 min

Trevor Manuel says JJ Tabane should, like DJ Sbu, apologise to him

In a wide ranging interview on Eusebius on TimesLIVE, former finance minister Trevor Manuel made some explosive further claims in relation to the legal action he has initiated against broadcaster JJ Tabane. Manuel claims that well-known radio personality DJ Sbu, who had hosted Tabane on his podcast platform, had taken…
30 May 2022 33 min

Black Business Council says ANC isn't a force for good

In a wide ranging interview about the state of our economy, Eusebius McKaiser hosted Black Business Council president Elias Monage on his TimesLIVE podcast. Monage argued that the state of the economy is bad news for business and job creation, as a result of multiple causal factors. State-owned companies are…
25 May 2022 33 min

Steinhoff should resist an appeal and hand over the PWC document

In the latest edition of Eusebius on TimesLIVE we explain a judgment handed down on Tuesday in the Western Cape High Court that directs Steinhoff to hand over, within 10 days, a 2019 PwC report it had commissioned to look into the 2017 collapse of the company. Financial Mail editor…
11 May 2022 16 min

#DebatingZondoPart4 — utterly pointless or closer to justice now?

TimesLIVE contributor and analyst Eusebius McKaiser hosted a Twitter spaces conversation with senior Sunday Times investigative reporter Thanduxolo Jika in which they explored whether the latest instalment of the Zondo commission's report into state capture gets us closer to justice or not. The first part of the conversation delved into…
6 May 2022 53 min

Is the ANC too far gone to modernise?

That was the framing question of this latest episode of Eusebius on TimesLIVE in which ANC member Chrispin Phiri articulated his critique of his party's suboptimal internal electoral processes. The first part of the discussion reflected on the history of the party that has led to an opaque and insufficiently…
2 May 2022 28 min

Encountering God through feminist liberation-theologies

University 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…
21 Apr 2022 45 min

What happens when parliament's ethics committee behaves unethically?

Sunday Times senior investigative reporter Sabelo Skiti was a guest on Eusebius on TimesLIVE, discussing parliament's ethics committee's decision to exonerate former health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize on accusations of violating the parliamentary code of ethics. The committee found that, in essence, Mkhize did not breach the code because his…
19 Apr 2022 37 min

Hate thy neighbour? Making sense of the anti-foreigner turn in SA politics

Well-known South African author and commentator Sisonke Msimang examined the multiple meanings and implications of violence against foreign nationals as a guest on Eusebius on TimesLIVE. In the first part of the conversation, they develop a thick account of what it all means. McKaiser argues that while 1994 represents a…
11 Apr 2022 39 min

The true cost of ANC delinquency is worse than you think

Political 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,…
5 Apr 2022 35 min

Can the ANC be saved from itself?

There can be no doubt after the local government election results of last year that the governing ANC is in deep political trouble. Many analysts take for granted that in 2024 there is a real possibility of the ANC receiving less than 50% of the national vote, ushering in an…
25 Mar 2022 46 min

Mbali Ntuli exits DA, critiques party factionalism

In a sit-down interview with TimesLIVE analyst and contributor, Eusebius McKaiser, now former Democratic Alliance politician and leader Mbali Ntuli explained in detail her reasons for exiting both the party and the political stage. On Eusebius on TiimesLIVE, she painted a picture of a political culture that had taken root…
17 Mar 2022 26 min

The mentoring toolkit

With almost half of South Africans who are capable of working not being in the labour market, it is necessary to focus on all aspects of the unemployment crisis in South Africa. This week's edition of Eusebius on TimesLIVE contributes to that challenge by hosting a discussion with professional coach…
16 Mar 2022 41 min

National budget impoverishes the majority

Duma Gqubule (Centre for Economic Development and Transformation) discussed this year's national budget as a guest on Eusebius on TimesLIVE. He argued that the government's projection of an economic growth rate below 2% over the next few years will result in greater levels of unemployment which, in turn, will increase social strife in…
10 Mar 2022 32 min

Is Putin an ANC sugar daddy or is the relationship "complicated"?

Legal scholar, political analyst and author Professor Richard Calland joined Eusebius McKaiser to debate South Africa's abstention from a United Nations  resolution condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Calland argued that much of the public debate about South Africa's foreign policy position lacks nuance, appropriate contextualisation and historicism. He insists, for…
3 Mar 2022 29 min
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