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 | ‘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 ...

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | The only way to kill corruption is to cut the snake off at ...

Zuma's flagrant disregard for the law has had a devastating impact on the country, writes Barney Mthombothi.

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | We’ve never had a democracy, just a blank cheque for a ...

Our much vaunted constitution was concocted by people most of the country had never heard of, writes Barney Mthombothi.

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | From proud symbol of reconciliation to scorned lapdog of ...

Once South Africa commanded global respect for its peaceful transition to democracy, but kowtowing to the likes of Putin is making us an ...

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | The Malema mystery: why does this lawless lawmaker’s ...

The flip-flopping EFF founder is out to undermine the system on which he depends, writes Barney Mthombothi.

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | Cool heads needed in the election tinderbox that is KZN

Cool heads are going to be needed in the coming election’s battleground province, writes Barney Mthombothi.

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | Glugging his vodka, Mbalula was loath to ask Putin about ...

Why is it that a dissident dies whenever SA shares a stage with the Russians? asks Barney Mthombothi.

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | Why are we sending our troops to fight — and die — in other ...

The government has not been open with the public on why it is necessary to send South African troops to trouble spots outside the country, writes ...

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | Don’t emigrate – stay and fight for the change this country ...

Through emigration, the country is losing its most valuable assets, people that, as a developing economy, it can’t afford to lose, writes Barney ...