Tom Eaton

Cape Town

Columnist at Freelance

Semigrated to Bluesky (@tomeaton.bsky.social). Also at https://t.co/ocwPQmXyOn

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Time to discuss the youth - but maybe not

1 week ago | theherald.co.za | Tom Eaton |Antonio Muchave

Premium It’s been a startling few days, not least for the great and the good (and also some ANC people) roped into President Cyril Ramaphosa’s National Dialogue™ (terms and condition apply), who learnt over the weekend that the process will cost about R700m, presumably because their musings will be engraved directly onto sheets of platinum.
TOM EATON | Time to discuss the youth - but maybe not

1 week ago | timeslive.co.za | Tom Eaton

TOM EATON | Time to discuss the youth — but maybe not Youth Day saw our ruling gerontocracy wheel out nothing but stale rhetoric 18 June 2025 - 04:30 It’s been a startling few days, not least for the great and the good (and also some ANC people) roped into Cyril Ramaphosa’s National Dialogue™ Terms and Condition Apply, who learnt over the weekend that the process will cost about R700m — presumably because their musings will be engraved directly onto sheets of platinum...
TOM EATON: Trumparades, peace bombs ... Youth Day had no chance

1 week ago | businesslive.co.za | Tom Eaton

It’s been a startling few days, not least for the great and the good (and also some ANC people) roped into Cyril Ramaphosa’s National Dialogue™ (terms and condition apply), who learnt over the weekend that the process will cost about R700m, presumably because their musings will be engraved directly onto sheets of platinum.
Oh no, not Gayton McKenzie flying economy!

2 weeks ago | theherald.co.za | Tom Eaton

Oh no, not Gayton McKenzie flying economy! Let us pause and think of what the minister of sport, arts & culture is enduring on our behalf Yes, most South Africans are unemployed, and many of those who do have jobs regularly have to choose between food, heating and medication. Most will never come close to being able to afford to retire, but can we please take a moment to think of the literal torture Gayton McKenzie has to endure when he can’t fly business class? ..
TOM EATON: Gayton’s self-sacrifice speaks of noble numb-bum heroism at its finest

2 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Tom Eaton

More than 422,000 jobs are already tied to exports to countries with incoming or active CBAMs, an NZT report shows
TOM EATON | Oh no, not Gayton McKenzie flying economy!

2 weeks ago | timeslive.co.za | Tom Eaton

TOM EATON | Oh no, not Gayton McKenzie flying economy! The minister absolutely must fly for in-person meetings because ‘you can’t expect F1 to come to our country if all we do is send them a few friendly emails’ 10 June 2025 - 04:30 Yes, most South Africans are unemployed, and many of those who do have jobs regularly have to choose between food, heating and medication, and most will never come close to being able to afford to retire, but can we please take a moment to think of the literal...
Abdullah Mason And Sam Noakes Poised To Meet For Vacant WBO Lightweight World Title

2 weeks ago | buff.ly | Tom Eaton

FOLLOWING a weekend of drama, Keyshawn Davis has lost fans, respect and most importantly his world title. Now, it seems that Abdullah Mason and Sam Noakes will collide in the bout to crown a new WBO lightweight world champion.
Musk’s fascism isn’t a foreign import to the US, it’s a homecoming

3 weeks ago | theherald.co.za | Tom Eaton

Premium It’s difficult to feel much sympathy for a centibillionaire who’s helped radicalise millions of young men online and wants to maroon humanity on a dead rock 250,000,000km away, but as a glassy-eyed Elon Musk is ejected from the White House I would like to propose the possibly less-than-popular view that he is being used as a scapegoat by elements of what passes for the American left.
TOM EATON | Lotto red flag: one way or another, the state will get that ‘tax’ bump

3 weeks ago | timeslive.co.za | Tom Eaton

Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. TATA MA CHANCE, INDEED You can understand why our Government of National Unity should be so keen to get its hands on this gigantic money-printing machine, says the writer. File photo. It still might be a few more years until the South African government takes over the running of the lottery, but at least we can guess its new slogan already: Tata ma chance, ta-ta ma billions.
TOM EATON: Musk emerges as sin-eater as US slides steadily to the right

3 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Tom Eaton

It’s difficult to feel much sympathy for a centibillionaire who’s helped radicalise millions of young men online and wants to maroon humanity on a dead rock 250-milllion kilometres away, but as a glassy-eyed Elon Musk is ejected from the White House I would like to propose the possibly less-than-popular view that he is being used as a scapegoat by elements of what passes for the American left.