Who is Eusebius McKaiser? South African journalist and political analyst dies aged 45

Eusebius McKaiser, a political analyst, journalist, and broadcaster from South Africa, died at the age of 45. McKaiser was born on March 28, 1978, and died on May 30, 2023, at the age of 45, of a probable epileptic episode.

McKaiser attended St Mary’s Primary School and Graeme College, where he graduated in 1996.

From 1997 to 2003, he attended Rhodes University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in law and philosophy, an honors degree, and a master’s degree in philosophy with a thesis on moral objectivity.

Between 2005 to 2006, he was a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford, where he did Ph.D. research in moral philosophy under Ralph Wedgwood and John Broome.

In addition, he was an Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Scholar.

McKaiser’s first radio show was Politics and Morality, a weekly late-night chat show on Radio 702.

Until 2011, he hosted the SABC 3 current affairs show Interface, and he afterward hosted 702’s Talk@9 broadcast on weeknights.

After the inauguration of Power FM on June 18th, 2013, he began anchoring Power Talk, a three-hour weekday morning talk show.

He departed Power FM in October 2014, allegedly due to irreconcilable differences with the station, and returned to Radio 702 in July 2016, taking over from Redi Thlabi with a weekday morning chat slot.

McKaiser contributed to the Mail & Guardian, the Sunday Times, Foreign Policy, the Guardian, the New York Times, and Business Day, among others.

His wife, Nduduzo Nyanda, survives him.