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 | DRC debacle should teach us not to play Africa's Mr Fix-it

After the prodigal spending of huge resources and sacrificing many innocent young lives in the DRC debacle, South Africa this week finally bowed to ...

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | Follow Madiba’s lead, Mr President, and look beyond your ...

It’s hard to see any competent candidates in the top echelon of the ANC — anybody who at the very least could be an improvement on Godongwana, writes ...

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | An advocate of liberation theology, Francis’s example needs ...

The revolutionary pope dragged the Catholic Church’s focus back on those suffering poverty and injustice, writes Barney Mthombothi.

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | Dispatches from a country where 'very bad things' are ...

Having already made up his mind about South Africa, why on earth is President Trump bothering to send an ambassador, asks Barney Mthombothi.

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | ANC, DA back off from break-up — for now

There’s a realisation by both the ANC and the DA that the public won’t look kindly on whoever is responsible for dissolving the coalition, writes ...

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | Trump is bad enough — let’s not make things worse for ...

At this moment of global crisis, the one thing South Africa has going for it is the GNU. Don’t break it, writes Barney Mthombothi.

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | A sad saga of Zondo, Cyril, hyenas, foxes and a huge pile ...

Money continues to be pilfered by those in positions of authority and their cronies — the damage done to the country’s psyche is incalculable, writes ...

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | Rasool is collateral damage in ANC's diplomatic debacle

Judging by Ramaphosa’s anodyne response, we’re either naïve or totally unprepared for this almighty brawl, writes Barney Mthombothi

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | Stumped again, but India's game is just not cricket

Nobody seems to have noticed that our cricketers slunk home empty-handed last week from yet another international tournament.

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | What to tell G20? ‘Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair’

President Cyril Ramaphosa cannot feign ignorance or surprise. The destruction of Johannesburg has not been an accident, and it’s not an overnight ...