Tom Eaton
The Daily Dispatch
Cape Town, WC, South Africa
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TOM EATON | The right stuff? The ANC has killed SA’s appetite for democracy
Many of us have reached a point where some nasty forms of government look better than misrule by arrogant criminals → Read More
After watching this space for so long, SA will take any shiny thing
The wrangle and fawning over Ramaphosa’s optimistic words feels like some kind of Stockholm Syndrome → Read More
TOM EATON | In domestic bliss and bath-time coups it’s all good, bad and achievable
Here’s an educated guess on the contents of Sona, which will all be forgotten by Friday. I thank you → Read More
If it walks like a decuplet and quacks like a decuplet it’s not a smoking gun
It’s just another ‘thumbsuck from Iqbal Surve’s lie factory’, but fake-news-be-damned AfriForum doesn’t mind → Read More
TOM EATON | Let’s hope those prefects are taught to mind their pees and Qs
Maritzburg schoolboys’ urine-soaked initiation ritual was nothing but the most toxic, debased form of masculinity → Read More
Ignorance was Cyril’s saving grace until it hit close to home
I hope the president savours this brief national unity before SA’s vaccination problem spoils things → Read More
TOM EATON | If Ramaphosa’s playing a long game, he’s playing it all by himself
As blank-faced over the Eskom sabotage as he was over the July riots, one’s got to wonder if he has any game at all → Read More
TOM EATON | Budget sounds good save for the underspending on realistic outlook
Are the minister and the president serious about putting us on the road to recovery? → Read More
TOM EATON | Gwede’s an outdated fossil who’s oblivious to clean energy or reality
I’m pretty sure the energy minister doesn’t speak for Africa. He shouldn’t even be speaking on behalf of SA → Read More
Think South Africa’s in the dark now? Just wait till the ANC names its mayors
While Zuma feigns outraged ignorance, the reasons for SA’s gloomy situation are as clear as day → Read More
Kidnapping as a heart-warming exercise in democracy
Those in the Great Irene Lock-in seemed like haters of failed pig farmers or owing Carl Niehaus money → Read More
Big Man? Chosen one? Who cares? The gospel is up for grabs
Some big claims were made about a man who did not get even 50% of his own party’s vote at Nasrec → Read More
Parties may rue the day they ignored the female hands that feed them
In SA, where patriarchy rules, there’s seemingly no time to woo women voters, let alone retain them → Read More
The ANC is rewriting history and once again history repeats itself
Revamping the syllabus will take commitment, talent and a coherent plan, none of which the party has had for years → Read More
TOM EATON | If the DA keep acting like skulky schoolchildren, they’re headed for a klap
John Steenhuisen and his party have abandoned any notion of holding the moral high ground with their noxious posters → Read More
TOM EATON | Why eat the rich when you could also be one in a billion?
It’s hard for revolutionaries to make us hate billionaires when we’re all ‘temporarily embarrassed millionaires’ → Read More
TOM EATON | I get that sinking feeling when Cyril says he’s turning the ANC around
Paying tribute to Zweli Mkhize amid an anti-corruption campaign was a gaffe of Titanic proportions by Ramaphosa → Read More
Before parties promise us the world, let’s start with the basics
We will soon drown in unnecessary manifestos when the message from the public is loud and clear → Read More
Facing Ntini at full tilt is something for the pros, not us mere mortals
We armchair experts may have all the right answers and advice but our elite sport stars are the real deal → Read More
Damned and cursed, this ‘cultural Marxist’ has heard it all
Respect is fundamental for democracy, as the ANC should know, but it has to be earned → Read More