Raymond Suttner - Suttner's View
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... →
The national dialogue is neither national nor a dialogue - but it can become that - Part Three
By: Raymond Suttner 16th January 2025 I have written an article which was titled “The national dialogue is neither national nor a dialogue.” Now that may be the case for a particular... →
The national dialogue is neither national nor a dialogue - but it can become that – Part Two
By: Raymond Suttner 15th January 2025 In building a common vision (if that becomes part of the goals of the national dialogue), we will not just have a set of ideas on which we agree,... →
The national dialogue is neither national nor a dialogue - but it can become that – Part One
By: Raymond Suttner 14th January 2025 Why a national dialogue and what does it mean? From the first time the idea of a “national dialogue” was mentioned during President Cyril... →
The ANC’s new political education programme: a contextual examination – Part two
By: Raymond Suttner 27th November 2024 The ANC political education module is launched in a completely new situation. In the current moment, with a crisis in the ANC (as indicated in... →
The ANC’s new political education programme: a contextual examination - Part one
By: Raymond Suttner 26th November 2024 With some fanfare, the ANC announced the launch of a foundation course on political education which all members, including the leadership, have to... →
Creation of the GNU did not resolve the multi-faceted broader crises facing South Africa
By: Raymond Suttner 28th October 2024 While writing a previous series evaluating the Government of National Unity (GNU) after 100 days, I said more than once that the GNU was... →
