Mike Siluma Sunday Times deputy editor

Mike Siluma has been a journalist and columnist for more than two decades. His passion is to promote nation building among South Africans and to highlight issues affecting the African diaspora in SA, on the continent and elsewhere.

Mike Siluma Sunday Times deputy editor
MIKE SILUMA | Ultra-cautious Ramaphosa ought to know there's no long game in ...

In his state of the nation address on Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa undertook to implement the recommendations of the state capture commission, ...

Mike Siluma Sunday Times deputy editor
PODCAST | The uncertain future of prosecutions, for those implicated in the ...

Now that we have a clearer understanding of the effects of state capture in SA, our panel asks: who should we be holding accountable and is SA’s ...

Mike Siluma Sunday Times deputy editor
PODCAST | Is Lamola really too young or has the ANC let down its youth leaders?

Host Mike Siluma, Dr Bongani Ngqulunga and Sunday Times politics editor Sibongakonke Shoba discuss the matter

Mike Siluma Sunday Times deputy editor
MIKE SILUMA | More brain, less bile is needed in our political debate

When politicians and public figures resort to trading insults to resolve their differences, as has happened recently, we should be worried, writes ...

Mike Siluma Sunday Times deputy editor
PODCAST | Is Lamola really too young to lead or has the ANC let down its youth ...

In this episode of the 'Sunday Times Politics Weekly', we’ll be looking at the ANC’s succession race. We consider the “youth factor” in ANC ...

Mike Siluma Sunday Times deputy editor
PODCAST | When government doesn't do its job, you can't blame the constitution: ...

In this episode of 'Sunday Times Politics Weekly', we invite one of the leaders who participated in the drafting and adoption of the constitution, ...

Mike Siluma Sunday Times deputy editor
MIKE SILUMA | Too many faces for one minister

Lindiwe Sisulu's perplexing diatribe against the constitution and the rule of law exposes her hypocrisy more than it helps her become the next ...

Mike Siluma Sunday Times deputy editor
MIKE SILUMA | There’s nothing shameful about taking a stand on migration

Home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi deserves our support, not condemnation, in his approach to the influx of Zimbabweans, writes Mike Siluma.

Mike Siluma Sunday Times deputy editor
MIKE SILUMA | Let’s pause and think before celebrating demise of ANC

The ANC’s recent electoral bloody nose has been greeted by unbridled celebration in many quarters, writes Mike Siluma.

Mike Siluma Sunday Times deputy editor
PODCAST | Continent unites against the West after Cyril’s tour

In this week’s episode we look at Ramaphosa’s four-nation diplomatic excursion