Barney Mthombothi, a columnist for the Sunday Times, is a former editor of the Financial Mail and the Kwazulu-Natal-based Sunday Tribune, and also headed SABC News earlier. He is respected as a political commentator.

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | Alarm bells should be ringing for political leeches living ...

The unelected worthies of the tripartite alliance for too long have been riding on the back of a dominant ANC and have benefited enormously from ...

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | Ramaphosa alone will shoulder blame for hubristic ANC’s ...

Placing ANC unity at greater priority than the needs of the country come back to haunt ANC president and, ironically, it is Zuma who twists the ...

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | Voters should be bold and adventurous, not accomplices to ...

The rallies have been held, empty promises have been made, the lies have been told, babies kissed and it's now down to you, the voter, writes Barney ...

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | A few words on a poster is all voters have to make up their ...

We’re saddled with dinosaurs trafficking old and outdated ideas, writes Barney Mthombothi.

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | Alcohol abuse is a national emergency and needs urgent ...

Venture into any black area, urban or rural, especially over weekends, and you’re likely to come across throngs of young people, some in their ...

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | Ramaphosa has appeased Zuma for years, allowing the former ...

And now he’s turned the guns on them, so to speak, delivering some of the most telling blows of any ANC critic, writes Barney Mthombothi.

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | These elections offer us an opportunity to learn from our ...

Those in charge of our fate and largely responsible for landing us into this ditch want us to believe we've never had it so good, writes Barney ...

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | Why has Zuma, a convicted criminal, been given the green ...

It's hard to understand how anyone could hang their future on the ageing shoulders of the man who has contributed so substantially to their ...

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | ‘Liberated’ Zuma stokes a tribalist fire that threatens to ...

The ANC and its allies have long promoted nontribalism in a united South Africa, but the MK Party has shamelessly abandoned that notion, writes ...

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | Churches must again speak up against political evils, as ...

In between kissing babies, politicians of all stripes are fanning out across the country to attend church services and appeal for divine intervention ...