Eusebius McKaiser

Eusebius McKaiser (born 28 March, c. 1978)[1][2] is a South African political analyst, journalist, and broadcaster, who is a prolific public intellectual.[3][4] Among others, he has written for the Mail & Guardian, the Sunday Times, Foreign Policy, the Guardian, the New York Times, and the Business Day, where he used to have a weekly column.[5][6] He gained prominence as a Radio 702 talk show host, and has also written three books about South African politics and society.

Eusebius McKaiser
McKaiser in 2015.
Born28 March, c. 1978
Grahamstown, Eastern Cape
NationalitySouth African
Alma materRhodes University
Occupations
  • Political analyst
  • journalist
  • broadcaster
  • author

Life and career

He was born in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, where his working-class family lived in a coloured township. He attended St Mary's Primary School and Graeme College, and matriculated from the latter in 1996.[2] From 1997, he attended Rhodes University, graduating with distinction with a bachelor's degree in law and philosophy, an Honours degree, and, in 2003, a master's degree in philosophy, with a thesis on moral objectivity.[2][7][8] Between 2005 and 2006,[9] he attended the University of Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship, where he did doctoral research – never completed – under Ralph Wedgwood and John Broome, also in moral philosophy.[2][10][11] He was also an Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Scholar.[9]

Thereafter, he worked as an associate consultant at McKinsey & Company, and by 2012 was a political and social analyst at the Wits Centre for Ethics and at the University of Johannesburg Centre for the Study of Democracy.[8] The first radio show he hosted at Radio 702 was a weekly late-night talk show called Politics and Morality, which was running by late 2010.[3][6] He hosted the SABC 3 current affairs programme Interface until 2011,[12][13] and later anchored 702's Talk@9 show on week nights.[14]

When Power FM launched on 18 June 2013, he entered as host of Power Talk, a three-hour weekday morning talk show.[15] In October 2014, he left Power FM – according to the station, due to insoluble disagreements between him and the station[16] – and returned to Radio 702 in July 2016, taking over from Redi Thlabi with a weekday morning talk slot.[17][18] According to the Mail & Guardian, through his radio work, McKaiser had "etched himself on the national psyche" by 2013.[5] Pumla Dineo Gqola later said that his morning show on 702, the Eusebius McKaiser Show, "shaped everyday dialogue and, with it, the culture of our time," and compliment McKaiser's "heartbreaking, illuminating and often joyful intellectual work."[19]

He left Radio 702 in June 2020,[20][21] apparently because the station had not been prepared to dedicate adequate resources to the production of his show.[22] He now hosts a podcast called In the Ring and, on YouTube, an Exclusive Books show about books called Cover to Cover.[23][24]

Bibliography
  • McKaiser, Eusebius (2012). A Bantu in My Bathroom!: Debating Race, Sexuality and Other Uncomfortable South African Topics. Bookstorm. ISBN 978-1-920434-66-3.
  • McKaiser, Eusebius (2014). Could I Vote DA?: A Voter's Dilemma. Bookstorm. ISBN 978-1-920434-56-4.
  • McKaiser, Eusebius (2016). Run Racist Run: Journeys into the Heart of Racism. Bookstorm. ISBN 978-1-928257-16-5.

Awards

References
  1. Eusebius McKaiser [@Eusebius] (28 March 2021). "Thanks for your birthday wishes so early in the day already!" (Tweet). Sandton, Johannesburg – via Twitter.
  2. "He's clever, talented and famous... and he's ours". Grocott's Mail. 27 January 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Faull, Lionel (14 June 2010). "200 Young South Africans: Civil Society". The Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 19 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Public Life: Past, Present and Future". Archive & Public Culture Research Institute. University of Cape Town. 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Zmomuya, Percy (20 June 2013). "Eusebius McKaiser: Presenter pumps up the power". The Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 19 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. Kings, Sipho (5 August 2011). "My Cultural Life: Eusebius Mckaiser". The Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 19 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. McKaiser, Eusebius (2002). In defence of moral objectivity (Master's thesis). Rhodes University.
  8. "Mr Eusebius McKaiser (Emerging Old Rhodian Award)". Rhodes University. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. "Eusebius McKaiser". The Oppenheimer Memorial Trust. Retrieved 19 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. McKaiser, Eusebius (20 March 2015). "Degrees of excellence: Eusebius vs Godzille". The Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 19 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. "I never claimed an Oxford degree – Eusebius McKaiser". Politicsweb. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. "SABC axes two over 'politics'". Citypress. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. Zvomuya, Percy (5 October 2012). "#AngryBlacks: Seeking out the Bantu in his bathroom". The Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 19 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. Ndlovu, Andile (9 May 2013). "McKaiser turns down Power FM". Sunday Times. Retrieved 19 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. Nicholson, G.; Eaton, J. (5 June 2013). "Power FM to the people". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 19 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. "Power FM Radio Host Azania Mosaka resigns". The Mail & Guardian. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  17. Oberholzer, Gary (10 July 2016). "Listeners can tune in to new voices on 702". 702. Retrieved 19 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. Smith, David L. (24 June 2020). "An honest look back at radio amid Eusebius McKaiser storm". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 19 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. Dineo Gqola, Pumla (2 July 2020). "The cultural impact of The Eusebius McKaiser Show". New Frame. Retrieved 19 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. Morkel, Graye (11 June 2020). "Eusebius McKaiser leaves Radio 702". News24. Retrieved 19 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. Jordaan, Nomahlubi (11 June 2020). "Eusebius McKaiser to leave 702". Sunday Times. Retrieved 19 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. Jika, Thanduxolo (20 August 2020). "702: Vitriol dims the radio's star". The Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 19 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. "In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 19 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  24. "'Cover to Cover': Jonathan Jansen to talk about his new book". The South African. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
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