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 | The only way to fix our country and rid ourselves of fools ...

After President Cyril Ramaphosa announced his multiparty cabinet 100 days ago this week, I asked a friend what he thought about the appointment of ...

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | By dislodging Brink, the Gauteng ANC has become the tail ...

The ANC this week, with Herman Mashaba’s ActionSA meekly in tow, finally succeeded in dislodging the DA’s Cilliers Brink as mayor of Tshwane, the ...

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | SA will remain stunted unless it roots out racism and ...

If we so choose, Pravin Gordhan’s life — his accomplishments, the racist bigotry he endured, his flaws and frailties — and certainly his death, could ...

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | Is the bell tolling for cadre deployment

The policy may have landed its cadres in lucrative government jobs, but the organisation itself is gasping for breath, writes Barney Mthombothi

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | When justice is a joke and parliament is full of clowns ...

The demise of apartheid did not merely signify the end of oppression but the birth of a new ethos where the needs of the masses would be uppermost, ...

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | Tackle the divisive trolls, maul the malcontents, and let ...

Heritage month serves as a reminder of what should be a priority for all of us — uniting our country under the flag given fresh fame by a scrumhalf’s ...

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | Boorish EFF and squabbling MKP deserve each other, and SA ...

The EFF is a malignant and destructive force in the country’s body politic. And that has nothing to do with whether one agrees or disagrees with ...

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | We don’t need another pow-wow; we know what our problems ...

In his inauguration address in June President Cyril Ramaphosa committed his new administration to inviting political parties, unions, business and ...

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | Hurdle No 1 for our athletes seeking Olympic glory is state ...

Without proper resources and encouragement of young people, athletes such as Josia Thugwane will remain a rarity, writes Barney Mthombothi.

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | The DA makes ANC ministers look bad? Ag shame. But what did ...

This thing about the ANC complaining that the DA makes them look bad and incompetent is just too delicious for words, writes Barney Mthombothi.