Eusebius McKaiser

Eusebius McKaiser (28 March 1978 – 30 May 2023) was a South African political analyst, journalist, and broadcaster. Among others, he wrote for the Mail & Guardian, the Sunday Times, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, The New York Times, and Business Day, for which he wrote a weekly column. He gained prominence as a Radio 702 talk show host, and also wrote three books about South African politics and society.

Life and career Eusebius McKaiser was born on 28 March 1978, 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. Between 2005 and 2006, he attended the University of Oxford (St Antony's College) on a Rhodes Scholarship, where he received a BPhil and did doctoral research – never completed – under Ralph Wedgwood and John Broome, also in moral philosophy. He was also an Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Scholar. and later anchored 702's Talk@9 show on week nights.

When Power FM launched on 18 June 2013, he began as host of Power Talk, a three-hour weekday morning talk show. In October 2014, he left Power FM – according to the station, due to insoluble disagreements between him and the station – and returned to Radio 702 in July 2016, taking over from Redi Thlabi with a weekday morning talk slot. According to the Mail & Guardian, through his radio work, McKaiser had "etched himself on the national psyche" by 2013.

McKaiser left Radio 702 in June 2020, because the station had not been prepared to dedicate adequate resources to the production of his show. He then hosted a podcast called In the Ring and, on YouTube, an Exclusive Books show about books called Cover to Cover.

McKaiser died due to a suspected epileptic seizure on 30 May 2023, at age 45.