Raymond Suttner
Scandals and betrayal in South Africa today
28th July 2015 The scale and extent of the scandals that are being uncovered – or at least partially revealed – in South Africa today leave many with a sense of... →
Taking radical political action in the short and long-term
24th July 2015 Where should “well meaning” South Africans or “progressives” who cherish liberty and have a sense that things “have gone horribly wrong” be... →
Why government resists naming xenophobia
23rd July 2015 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Sane Dhlamini about why government resists naming xenophobia. Click here to... →
Suttner's View: State of the ANC-led alliance
23rd July 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner discusses the state of the ANC-led alliance. →
Suttner's View: The importance of membership in political organisations
16th July 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner discusses the importance of membership in political organisations. →
Democracy under scrutiny
16th July 2015 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Sane Dhlamini about South Africa's democracy. Click here to read the column. →
Naming xenophobia
15th July 2015 Reading ANC MP and parliamentary committee chair Ruth Bhengu berating journalists for using the word “xenophobia” brought these words of Adrianne... →
Suttner's View: Traditional leaders and African customary law today
8th July 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner discusses traditional leaders and African customary law today. →
Limits and possibilities of law and courts today
8th July 2015 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Shannon de Ryhove about Deepening and broadening our democracy. →
Deepening and broadening our democracy
8th July 2015 Arguing for a return to popular agency, popular organisation, popular initiatives and empowerment as a way of broadening and deepening our... →
The Freedom Charter today
2nd July 2015 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Shannon de Ryhove about the Freedom Charter in current times. Click here to... →
Suttner's View: Understanding flux in the current SA political scene?
2nd July 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner discusses the flux in the current South African political scene. →
Freedom and the law
30th June 2015 “A democratic State based on the rule of law cannot exist or function, if the government ignores its constitutional obligations and fails to abide... →
Re-reading the Freedom Charter at 60
24th June 2015 The Freedom Charter was not the first human rights document initiated by the ANC, the organisation having developed a Bill of Rights in 1923. It... →
Bashir: South African government flouts international obligations and undermines rule of law
18th June 2015 When we won our freedom from apartheid, in the sense of having the opportunity to all vote for the first time to elect a government to represent... →
What type of leadership do we need to reinforce democracy and build an emancipatory project?
9th June 2015 If many of us are critical of the current political leadership in South Africa what type of leadership do we wish to see? Obviously the type of... →
Non-violence: purely a tactic or also a principle?
8th June 2015 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Shannon de Ryhove about non-violence as the foundation for dialogue and peace... →
Suttner's View: Are we handing too many political questions to the courts?
8th June 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks about the importance of constitutionalism. →
Self-respect: the hidden costs of Nkandla
3rd June 2015 These words of MK veteran Matthews Ngcobo describing his father being humiliated before his eyes by the police, and the entire notion of his power... →
Suttner's View: Universality and difference
1st June 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks about universality and difference. →
Why debate democracy?
1st June 2015 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Sane Dhlamini about the need to debate democracy. Click here to read the column. →
Non-violence: the foundation for dialogue, peace between those who live in South Africa
27th May 2015 I grew up in South Africa with very little respect for ideas of peace and non-violence. It was not peculiar to me but what I observed around me –... →
We must stop xenophobia, whether by government or individuals
22nd May 2015 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Sane Dhlamini about the urgent need to stop xenophobia in South Africa. Click... →
Suttner's View: Continued disarray in State institutions
22nd May 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks about the continued disarray in State institutions. →
Suttner's View: Problems of transformation, democratisation not inevitable nor irremediable
22nd May 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks about the problems with transformation. →
Government tries to pull wool over our eyes on xenophobia
19th May 2015 One of the striking features of current South African politics is the callousness that reigns, that harmful acts are perpetrated against some... →
Debating democracy to create an informed and active citizenry
12th May 2015 While introducing my recent book Recovering Democracy in South Africa to launches all over the country I have probed the meaning of the words... →
‘Party loyalty’, patronage and the future of the South African parliament
1st April 2015 This was initially prepared on the eve of the opening of parliament’s 2015 session. At the time, our consciousness had been bombarded with phrases... →
Eskom disarray and wider crisis of irregularity: How do we recover the promise of 1994?
30th March 2015 The level of disarray in state and state-owned institutions stares us in the face every day. At one level it is hard to untangle what is true and... →
An attack on a foreign migrant is an attack on us all
2nd March 2015 While the extent of xenophobic attacks may not be widely known, the broad facts are relatively clear. For some time foreign-born Africans, and to... →
The attack on parliament: where to from here?
17th February 2015 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Sane Dhlamini about the attack on parliament and where South Africa should go... →
Suttner’s view: EFF and its contribution to SA politics
17th February 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks about the Economic Freedom Fighters and its contribution... →
Parliament’s attempted lock-down threatens everyone’s freedom
16th February 2015 Apart from the African National Congress (ANC) leadership and MPs, there is a general sense of shock over the violent eviction of the Economic... →
How do we become safe: police, the private security industry and communities
29th January 2015 For some years, going back to Steve Tshwete’s period as Minister of Police from 1999 to 2002, legislation limiting the scope of foreign-owned... →
Suttner's View: Name Xenophobic attacks as that, and then they can be addressed
28th January 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks about the need to address and name xenophobic attacks in... →
Freedom Charter can only survive if it is debated
28th January 2015 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Shannon de Ryhove about the need to rethink the Freedom Charter. Click here to... →
Meanings of the Freedom Charter are not obvious, need debate
21st January 2015 In this 60th anniversary year of the Freedom Charter, much contestation relates to who is the authentic bearer of the vision behind it. NUMSA and... →
Suttner's View: The Freedom Charter is not a check list
13th January 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks about the Freedom Charter. →
Not everyone in ANC is corrupt, many still contest its character
13th January 2015 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Sane Dhlamini about corruption in the ANC. Click here to read the column. →
Suttner's View: The ANC in 2015
6th January 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks about the ANC in 2015. →
The ANC and tripartite alliance in trouble
6th January 2015 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Shannon de Ryhove about the troubles in the ANC and the tripartite alliance.... →
