As a talk radio host, McKaiser chose to mine society’s most controversial issues in all their complexity without patronising his audience
It is little wonder that Eusebius McKaiser’s last tweet was in praise of a talented young South African who had made his debut on the world stage. McKaiser was highly supportive of home-grown artists, from writers and broadcasters to sportspeople who excelled. Possessed of a deep generosity, he used his profile as a means to amplify the success of others.
Analytical as he was, McKaiser would have perceived the parallel of Musa Motha’s story with the country of our birth — a country that has lost so much in the horrors of colonialism, apartheid and post-democratic coloniality, but a nation of people who nonetheless find ways to rise, to survive, strive and yet find their joy despite the system that daily thwarts their efforts.
He gave them the vocabulary, creating pathways for them to access academic theory, and the practical levers to process the meaning of their lives, from the political to the personal. He offered them a forum, but made it quite clear in a world where opinions have come to matter more than facts, that we are only entitled to our justified opinions, not our alternative set of facts.
His group of friends offered far more than emotional comfort to McKaiser. He sought out and kept the company of studied, opinionated, vociferous critical thinkers who were not afraid to openly challenge him. We did so with the understanding that at the centre of these debates were his insatiable curiosity and passion to continue learning. He simply did not know how to live an insipid life.
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