Raymond Suttner - Suttner's View
Lockdown messaging must be sensitive to the plight of the poor and vulnerable
By: Raymond Suttner 20th April 2020 The state of disaster and the lockdown has led to the curtailment of fundamental rights of people in South Africa. It imposes a duty on government... →
For lockdown to succeed security forces need to be reined in
By: Raymond Suttner 14th April 2020 The lockdown is a unique experience, in that the people of South Africa consented to the limiting of their freedom in order to combat the spread of... →
Covid-19: inequality and violence
8th April 2020 The imposition of a lockdown or any other restrictions relating to Covid-19, are always implemented in societies with pre-existing conditions that... →
Coronavirus, multiple crises and the need for human solidarity
By: Raymond Suttner 10th March 2020 It is well known that South Africa is experiencing a range of crises and in many cases, it seems hard for these to be surmounted. There is a heavy... →
EFF: contributing towards or undermining democratic life?
By: Raymond Suttner 17th February 2020 The EFF disruption of the SONA last week happened at a time when the ANC is having difficulty holding together and has not itself contributed... →
Making the DA white again?
By: Raymond Suttner 13th February 2020 Many have remarked on the ANC being in deep crisis but the DA, after substantial gains in municipal elections in 2016 not being in a position to... →
Enock Mpianzi: making boys into men
By: Raymond Suttner 4th February 2020 The death of Enock Mpianzi, while on a Parktown Boys High School camp in the North-West Province has aroused considerable concern, not only from... →
Unstable democracy
By: Raymond Suttner 21st January 2020 At the inauguration of post-apartheid democracy, there were some fears for stability, though these related to the old regime and the far right and... →
ANC anniversary during a time of crisis
By: Raymond Suttner 7th January 2020 There was a time when I would not have written about the ANC, on the eve of the 8th January anniversary statement. I would have waited to see what... →
Law and the legal profession in a democracy under attack
By: Raymond Suttner 7th October 2019 I am a qualified advocate but have had very little practical experience. I have more experience in working as an academic lawyer by day and as a... →
