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Tom Eaton

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).

Ladybugs are seen in a park near Weiterstadt, Germany, April 4 2017.   REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

TOM EATON | Our grasp of the emergency diminishes like all those critters going extinct

How does the exhausted layperson make sense of the picture painted by climate scientists?

Cameras and points aside, who, exactly is going to pull these licence-less drivers off the road? asks the writer.

TOM EATON | New demerit system: the taxi industry is a sore point

To succeed, the traffic system requires road management that works

History is full of examples of anti-immigrant sentiment being whipped up by malicious opportunists, but almost without exception it is a shrinking economy that allows that sentiment to take hold and flourish, says the writer.

TOM EATON | When the coffers dry up, scapegoats line up

June 30 is here, but let it be known: the state feeds off the very mess it created, writes Tom Eaton

The US ambassador to South Africa, L Brent Bozell III.

TOM EATON | Bozell is right that policy choices expose governments ― like Washington’s

South Africa has frank conversations all the time, but can Bozell say the same about the US? writes Tom Eaton

Director Steven Spielberg's new film, 'Disclosure Day', asks: how would humanity react if it was revealed to us that aliens have been visiting Earth for decades and that we are not alone in the universe?
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TOM EATON | Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’ is alien to our noisy times

Instead here’s how it might unfold in a world that’s slightly more like the one we live in, writes Tom Eaton

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. Picture:

TOM EATON | Trump feeling his way into the end times with missiles for fingers

America is rapidly becoming a lot like the country it is obliterating

Correctional services minister Pieter Groenewald. The writer says the facts didn't seem to matter to DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis when he criticised Groenewald over reports on absconded parolees. Picture:

TOM EATON | The day Geordin got correctional service from Oom Pieter

Hill-Lewis faces scrutiny after crediting himself for journalists' work

Corné Mulder, leader of the Freedom Front Plus.

TOM EATON | FF+ says ‘It’s Our Time’ ― to explain?

Some would think that time has passed, but it’s more complicated than that, writes Tom Eaton

South African voiceover artist and content creator Sinemivuyo Mpulu celebrates a milestone in his presenting career by hosting a watch party for his first debut in 'Top Billing' that aired in April.

TOM EATON | Not to outdo Bonang Matheba, but here’s how you too can be a ‘Top Billing’ presenter

For one, try eyes that mask the death of your soul, advises Tom Eaton

President Cyril Ramaphosa could do worse than launch a few seraphim of his own, especially now that his biggest partner in the government of national unity, the Democratic Alliance, has said that it won’t try to save him from impeachment, says the writer.

TOM EATON | What Ramaphosa needs now is solid legal advice, perhaps a UFO miracle

The president can forget about GNU solidarity with the DA, writes Tom Eaton

Tom Eaton wants the city’s citizens to prove that Johannesburg is a home for people and not just a stop along the way. File photo

TOM EATON | Will Joburgers care enough about their city to rescue it?

Tom Eaton wants the city’s citizens to prove that Johannesburg is a home for people and not just a stop along the way

Roelf Meyer from the National Party and Cyril Ramaphosa from the ANC during the multiparty talks in Kempton Park in 1994. File photo.

TOM EATON | White capital stooge or ANC cadre? Meyer’s the man for the job either way

The objections to Roelf Meyer’s appointment seem to boil down to two main arguments, writes Tom Eaton

New DA federal leader Geordin Hill-Lewis during the Federal Congress 2026 held at Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand, Johannesburg. Picture: Freddy Mavunda © Business Day

Geordin Hill-Lewis, the title of head prefect comes with its headaches

There are some wrinkles to iron out, such as Geordin Hill-Lewis’ take on ‘propaganda language’ and Cape Town’s housing crisis, writes Tom Eaton

Why, at a moment when more people have received a formal education than at any time in history, and every single person with a phone can access almost all human knowledge, are so many historical facts being denied? File photo.

A less Eurocentric syllabus can’t compete with mind-altering tech

An educated citizenry is not what our overlords want, writes Tom Eaton