Tom Eaton is one of SA's most prominent newspaper columnists, also known for his cricket writing. He has also written screenplays and several books, including The De Villiers Code (2005) and Is It Me or Is It Getting Hot in Here?: Great Expectations and Boiling Frogs in South Africa (2020).
SA’s Big Men have been unmasked as tiny, shrieking ones
OpinionNow that no-one can claim any mandate from the masses, all that is left is grinding, sober governance
Flawed democracy is still least ugly form of government
OpinionOn Wednesday, about half of the adults in SA voted to decide whether a party supported by a quarter of them will ...
Like Zuma or the promises of the ANC, maybe we’re just getting old
OpinionThere is a strange lack of energy surrounding the looming general election
Thabo Mbeki’s public forays a relief for Comrade Buttons
OpinionIf you’re in the ANC and you did wrong, it was the devil that made you do it
The cabal of cabbages has the skill to steal an election — really?
OpinionIn the DA’s scenario, the ANC would have had to hollow out and discredit the IEC years ago
SA still unsure of place in new world order
OpinionFikile Mbalula fails to elaborate on meeting of minds in Russia
Ramaphosa wraps crude pitch in childhood magic
OpinionSpeechwriters conjure up Tintswalo to breathe a little life into Sona — but not for very long
Zuma’s party is dedicated to liberation — his
OpinionMeanwhile, Steenhuisen takes a punch at Lesufi and hits South Africans on the margins instead
The future is here and it’s going to be strange
OpinionWhen China hastily scrubbed a news story off its internet last week, it might as well have fired a flare into the night ...
Something remains familiar in Ramaphosa’s startling new cabinet
OpinionSome ministers have been appointed for political pragmatism and short-circuiting criticism