Raymond Suttner - Suttner's View
Broad lessons of Mandela’s leadership series – Part 6
10th September 2025 It has been repeatedly stressed that it is undesirable to simply use effusive language to describe Nelson Mandela but rather we should understand... →
Mandela and the ANC opting for negotiations was not gender neutral – Part 5 of the Mandela leadership series
By: Raymond Suttner 9th September 2025 When it became clear that there was a stalemate, Mandela opted for negotiations. He did this in the midst of violent conflict, between the... →
Nelson Mandela’s masculinity and gender practices –#MandelaLeadershipSeries Part 4
By: Raymond Suttner 8th September 2025 Studies of Nelson Mandela continue to be dominated by celebration of a person, the character of whose greatness is not probed. There are areas of... →
Imagery and identities in Mandela’s leadership – Part 3
By: Raymond Suttner 18th August 2025 Imagery has always been important in liberation movement politics and history. In the case of the South African Native National Congress, (the name... →
Nelson Mandela’s leadership and “obstinacy” – Part 2
By: Raymond Suttner 13th August 2025 Mandela’s unwillingness to bend and absolute dedication to the Struggle for freedom Nelson Mandela was notoriously stubborn or obstinate, both... →
Revisiting Nelson Mandela’s journeys in leadership – Part 1
By: Raymond Suttner 28th July 2025 Celebrated as Nelson Mandela is, his life and its interpretation have evoked much controversy. It is a good antidote to confront and engage with... →
Understanding the Freedom Charter in changing times
By: Raymond Suttner 1st July 2025 The Freedom Charter does not have an obvious interpretation which stands in place from generation to generation. How we interpret the document is... →
Xenophobia is an attack on democratic life and must be stopped – Part Two
By: Raymond Suttner 13th June 2025 To voice xenophobic statements and behaviour, as Gayton McKenzie has done, is to spit on the freedom of all South Africans because freedom is... →
Xenophobic actions are antagonistic to democratic life and must be stopped – Part One
By: Raymond Suttner 12th June 2025 Community involvement in xenophobic attacks Most xenophobic conflicts portray sections of the community as being extremely hostile towards foreign... →
Donald Trump, “the Day Before” and “the Morning After” – Part One
By: Raymond Suttner 25th March 2025 There tends to be an assumption when any form of tyranny reigns, that all will return to normal, should the dictator be removed. It ought to be... →
