Raymond Suttner - Suttner's View
The murder of Abahlali’s Lindokuhle Mnguni is part of a broader attack on our constitutional order that must be repelled
1st September 2022 Professor Raymond Suttner unpacks his column 'The murder of Abahlali’s Lindokuhle Mnguni is part of a broader attack on our constitutional order... →
Widespread xenophobia and cowardly acts against Zimbabweans must be combatted by all democrats 
By: Raymond Suttner 29th August 2022 Migration between states of southern Africa has a long history, crucial to the development of mining in South Africa and the sheltering of freedom... →
The murder of Abahlali’s Lindokuhle Mnguni is part of a broader attack on our constitutional order that must be repelled
By: Raymond Suttner 24th August 2022 The murder of Lindokuhle Mnguni, the 24th leader of Abahlali baseMjondolo to be gunned down, has met with indifference on the part of the state and... →
Moving beyond “disillusionment” means recreating our political life
By: Raymond Suttner 8th August 2022 South African democracy is in crisis. People do not see benefits from 28 years of freedom. Many are hungry, homeless, unemployed, subject to... →
The current crisis makes a “new politics” more urgent
By: Raymond Suttner 1st August 2022 Media and ANC preoccupations, depict the ANC electoral contests as the major political issues of the day. Given the ANC’s low level of support and... →
Betraying the liberation struggle: ANC ‘renewal’ is empty and we already have an alternative vision for South Africa
By: Raymond Suttner 21st June 2022 The ANC has betrayed the oppressed people of South Africa, with whom it once enjoyed a close relationship of trust. Talk of renewal is empty, with... →
The crisis of today goes beyond the future of Cyril Ramaphosa and may affect that of the state
By: Raymond Suttner 13th June 2022 The crisis surrounding President Cyril Ramaphosa’s game farm robbery ought not to distract our focus from the wider state crisis. The Zuma era... →
Remedying our crises must include relative autonomy and professionalisation of public service
By: Raymond Suttner 6th June 2022 Rebuilding a state that works for all the people cannot be conceived purely at the level of clean ups and ‘orange overalls’. The need for a... →
Murder of Nokuthula Mabaso - another Abahlali killing with impunity?
By: Raymond Suttner 16th May 2022 This week end the shack dwellers movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo buried another leader, Nokuthula Mabaso, murdered in front of her children.... →
Let’s call ANC/state criminality what it is: Treason
By: Raymond Suttner 9th May 2022 This week Nokuthula Mabaso, a leading Abahlali baseMjondolo figure was gunned down. This is the 23rd hit on Abahlali members, with only one case... →
