Tom Eaton Columnist

Tom Eaton is one of SA's most prominent newspaper columnists, also known for his cricket writing. He has also written screenplays and several books, including The De Villiers Code (2005) and Is It Me or Is It Getting Hot in Here?: Great Expectations and Boiling Frogs in South Africa (2020).

Tom Eaton Columnist
TOM EATON | As we wait, and wait, in the raptures of faith

Not even atheists and non-believers are immune to the deep yearning for something other than this reality

Tom Eaton Columnist
TOM EATON | Fly your flag, Msholozi — I want to see who salutes

Zuma and the MK party present a perfect opportunity to check whether liberal assumptions about the popularity of democracy are still grounded in ...

Tom Eaton Columnist
TOM EATON | Back to reality: the grass is the same all over, it seems

It’s not just the weakness of the rand or the abundance of cheap labour in South Africa that’s drawing expats home — to Joburg in particular

Tom Eaton Columnist
TOM EATON | Tracing the (beet)root of ANC’s ‘conundrum’ leads back to none ...

Jacob Zuma caused a great deal of damage, but he and his cabal didn’t pop out of nowhere

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TOM EATON | Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake

The DA has unintentionally invited the ANC, EFF and MK to join it in wrenching the election away from the calm professionalism of the IEC

Tom Eaton Columnist
TOM EATON | No wonder Mkhwebane ‘can’t live’ on R100k per month

Range Rover dealers and estate agents in Mauritius need to eat too, you know

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TOM EATON | Like sands through the hourglass, Zuma’s ambitions are the stuff of ...

Volcano lairs and space twins are one thing, but the prospect of Giggling King Zuma back in charge? That’s just silly, writes Tom Eaton

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TOM EATON | The ANC is more or less cooked

If Ramaphosa’s party scrapes together a clear majority, it will spend its last term in office utterly paralysed by its death throes, with all those ...

Tom Eaton Columnist
TOM EATON | Trying to swallow the alphabet soup of political parties

Every party to its own, the lead up to the elections promises different strokes for different folks

Tom Eaton Columnist
TOM EATON | From Russia with love: the meeting of minds ... and Fikile

According to crime stats, the ANC secretary-general has played it safe by visiting Moscow