Raymond Suttner
Suttner's View: Universality and difference
1st June 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks about universality and difference. →
Why debate democracy?
1st June 2015 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Sane Dhlamini about the need to debate democracy. Click here to read the column. →
Non-violence: the foundation for dialogue, peace between those who live in South Africa
27th May 2015 I grew up in South Africa with very little respect for ideas of peace and non-violence. It was not peculiar to me but what I observed around me –... →
We must stop xenophobia, whether by government or individuals
22nd May 2015 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Sane Dhlamini about the urgent need to stop xenophobia in South Africa. Click... →
Suttner's View: Continued disarray in State institutions
22nd May 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks about the continued disarray in State institutions. →
Suttner's View: Problems of transformation, democratisation not inevitable nor irremediable
22nd May 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks about the problems with transformation. →
Government tries to pull wool over our eyes on xenophobia
19th May 2015 One of the striking features of current South African politics is the callousness that reigns, that harmful acts are perpetrated against some... →
Debating democracy to create an informed and active citizenry
12th May 2015 While introducing my recent book Recovering Democracy in South Africa to launches all over the country I have probed the meaning of the words... →
‘Party loyalty’, patronage and the future of the South African parliament
1st April 2015 This was initially prepared on the eve of the opening of parliament’s 2015 session. At the time, our consciousness had been bombarded with phrases... →
Eskom disarray and wider crisis of irregularity: How do we recover the promise of 1994?
30th March 2015 The level of disarray in state and state-owned institutions stares us in the face every day. At one level it is hard to untangle what is true and... →
An attack on a foreign migrant is an attack on us all
2nd March 2015 While the extent of xenophobic attacks may not be widely known, the broad facts are relatively clear. For some time foreign-born Africans, and to... →
The attack on parliament: where to from here?
17th February 2015 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Sane Dhlamini about the attack on parliament and where South Africa should go... →
Suttner’s view: EFF and its contribution to SA politics
17th February 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks about the Economic Freedom Fighters and its contribution... →
Parliament’s attempted lock-down threatens everyone’s freedom
16th February 2015 Apart from the African National Congress (ANC) leadership and MPs, there is a general sense of shock over the violent eviction of the Economic... →
How do we become safe: police, the private security industry and communities
29th January 2015 For some years, going back to Steve Tshwete’s period as Minister of Police from 1999 to 2002, legislation limiting the scope of foreign-owned... →
Suttner's View: Name Xenophobic attacks as that, and then they can be addressed
28th January 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks about the need to address and name xenophobic attacks in... →
Freedom Charter can only survive if it is debated
28th January 2015 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Shannon de Ryhove about the need to rethink the Freedom Charter. Click here to... →
Meanings of the Freedom Charter are not obvious, need debate
21st January 2015 In this 60th anniversary year of the Freedom Charter, much contestation relates to who is the authentic bearer of the vision behind it. NUMSA and... →
Suttner's View: The Freedom Charter is not a check list
13th January 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks about the Freedom Charter. →
Not everyone in ANC is corrupt, many still contest its character
13th January 2015 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Sane Dhlamini about corruption in the ANC. Click here to read the column. →
Suttner's View: The ANC in 2015
6th January 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks about the ANC in 2015. →
The ANC and tripartite alliance in trouble
6th January 2015 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Shannon de Ryhove about the troubles in the ANC and the tripartite alliance.... →
ANC in decline as it celebrates its 103rd year of existence
5th January 2015 The African National Congress (ANC) is one of the few political organisations in the world that has existed for over 100 years. It remains... →
Suttner's View: Year of crisis. What lies ahead?
9th December 2014 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks about South Africa's year of crisis and what lies ahead. →
Violence in politics and society today
9th December 2014 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Shannon de Ryhove about violence in politics and society today. Click here to... →
Rebuilding democracy: Time to use our own power
9th December 2014 What was unthinkable 20 years ago has happened in 2014. In 1994 it seemed impossible for the party of Nelson Mandela to be defeated and any split... →
Suttner’s View: Safety, racial profiling and police we can trust
2nd December 2014 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks about safety, racial profiling and police we can trust. →
How can we restore parliament’s integrity?
2nd December 2014 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Sane Dhlamini about how to restore parliament’s integrity. Click here to read... →
Militarisation and depoliticisation in South Africa today
2nd December 2014 One of the striking features of South African politics in recent years is its re-militarisation, meaning that there is a tendency for political... →
Parliamentary paralysis: Worse is not better
25th November 2014 Many observers derive some pleasure from the disorder recently witnessed in parliament and the embarrassment it has caused the ANC. While... →
Realising socio-economic rights
25th November 2014 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Shannon de Ryhove about the realisation of social and economic rights through... →
Suttner's View: Remedying parliamentary stalemate
25th November 2014 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks about remedying the current parliamentary stalemate. →
20 years of the vote and socio-economic conditions in South Africa
20th November 2014 Below the surface of the Nkandla scandal currently paralysing parliament is the fact that the monies misused were intended to meet basic needs of... →
Suttner's View: Turbulence on South African political scene
18th November 2014 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks about about turbulence in South African politics. →
Women’s ministry: obstacle in struggle against patriarchy?
18th November 2014 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Shannon de Ryhove about whether the Ministry of Women is an obstacle in the... →
Suttner's View: What is the significance of Numsa’s expulsion from Cosatu?
12th November 2014 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks about the significance of Numsa’s expulsion from Cosatu. →
Continuing national oppression
12th November 2014 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Shannon de Ryhove about the persistence of national oppression in South Africa.... →
16 days of no violence against women and children: Women’s ministry colludes with patriarchy
10th November 2014 It has been reported in a media release from various feminist organisations that the ministry of women in the presidency invited organisations to a... →
Does national oppression persist in South Africa today?
5th November 2014 The impact of the past in the present preoccupies many people trying to understand conditions in contemporary South Africa. During the national... →
Suttner's View: Is there a new debate on the Freedom Charter?
4th November 2014 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks about the Freedom Charter. →
Will developments in Numsa affect our democratic future?
4th November 2014 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Sane Dhlamini about how developments in the National Union of Metalworkers of... →