Mike Siluma Sunday Times deputy editor

Mike Siluma has been a journalist and columnist for more than two decades. His passion is to promote nation building among South Africans and to highlight issues affecting the African diaspora in SA, on the continent and elsewhere.

Mike Siluma Sunday Times deputy editor
Afrikaners seek pact with government

Group says it wants 'cultural accord' to address minority's concerns.

Mike Siluma Sunday Times deputy editor
MIKE SILUMA | SA needs honest discussion about issues not resolved after 1994

The Joint Afrikaner Declaration underlines the extent to which we have failed to build a cohesive nation in the democratic era, writes Mike Siluma.

Mike Siluma Sunday Times deputy editor
PODCAST | Zuma is out for revenge and has nothing to lose

Zuma feels wronged by corruption allegations, is out for revenge against his successor and will wreak havoc, we hear in this episode of the 'Sunday ...

Mike Siluma Sunday Times deputy editor
MIKE SILUMA | An election on its own won't change much

It is common cause that our country is mired in a deep crisis, a culmination of multiple failures in various areas of our lives, writes Mike Siluma.

Mike Siluma Sunday Times deputy editor
MIKE SILUMA | The failure of our cities is a terrifying portent

There is a titanic battle between progress and decay — its outcome will determine the look and character of South Africa in the years to come, writes ...

Mike Siluma Sunday Times deputy editor
MIKE SILUMA | Zuma’s plan for Robben Island is pregnant with ignorance

When former president Jacob Zuma proposes to exile pregnant girls to Robben Island, it tells us much about his primitive views on gender matters and ...

Mike Siluma Sunday Times deputy editor
MIKE SILUMA | On May 30, we need quality grown-ups at the helm

Our politicians need to shape up or the electorate might decide it’s fed-up with democracy, writes Mike Siluma.

Mike Siluma Sunday Times deputy editor
MIKE SILUMA | Why are African wars ignored, even by Africans?

Why has the world maintained such a keen interest in some conflicts while paying only cursory attention to the tragedy unfolding in Sudan, asks Mike ...

Mike Siluma Sunday Times deputy editor
MIKE SILUMA | Bantustan yearning is the twisted result of ANC misrule

Herman Mashaba is disingenuous to bypass the politics of race in his ode to Lucas Mangope, because racial oppression was what the homelands were ...

Mike Siluma Sunday Times deputy editor
MIKE SILUMA | No surprises from US on South Africa's Gaza 'distraction'

US secretary of state Antony Blinken sees himself as the only judge and jury on Israel’s actions in Gaza, writes Mike Siluma.