Raymond Suttner - Suttner's View
ANC in history: Collapse and rebuilding – Part 3
By: Raymond Suttner 24th October 2025 By the end of the 1930s petitioning had clearly failed and the organisation practically ceased to exist. The presidency of J. T. Gumede (1927–30)... →
The ANC and ‘loyalism’: ANC cautiously claims space to demand rights – Part 2
By: Raymond Suttner 23rd October 2025 The establishment of the SANNC was a step towards Africans asserting their rights on a national basis and becoming an independent political voice.... →
The African National Congress in history and today – Part 1
By: Raymond Suttner 22nd October 2025 Our media is filled with articles on the imminent demise of the ANC. Such themes are buttressed by the increasing accuracy of forecasts deriving... →
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... →
