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25 May 2013
                       
 
 
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05 Dec 2012
 
 
 
 
Questions about current politics
RAYMOND SUTTNER
South African politics today appear to be primarily concerned with the forthcoming ANC elective conference in Mangaung.  Repeated analyses of the fortunes of various electoral contenders and how...
 
 
14 Feb 2012
 
 
 
PART 3: The 1960s and beyond: Illegality
VIDEO SERIES
When the ANC was banned in 1960, the organisation immediately decided that it would continue to operate illegally. This was easier said than done. The ANC was a mass organisation and not everyone...
 
 
 
 
PART 2: ANC’s focus on mass movement during the 1950s
VIDEO SERIES
The ANC YL, formed in 1944, described itself as the ‘powerhouse’ of the ANC. It developed a programme of action which was adopted by the organisation as a whole in 1949. Walter Sisulu was then...
 
 
 
 
PART 1: Examining ANC history: the beginnings
VIDEO SERIES
The ANC centenary celebrations offer an opportunity to reflect on its beginnings as an organisation which drew people from different backgrounds; workers, intellectuals, chiefs and others, despite...
 
 
13 Dec 2011
 
 
 
Luthuli and MK
RAYMOND SUTTNER
Much discussion around Chief Albert Luthuli’s life concerns his attitude to the formation of Mkhonto we Sizwe (MK). Only a few days after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in December 1961, MK was...
 
 
12 Dec 2011
 
 
 
Luthuli and the lessons of his leadership
RAYMOND SUTTNER
December 2011 marks the 50th anniversary of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Chief Albert Luthuli. This is important not only for ritualistic purposes and its significance is not limited to...
 
 
27 Sep 2011
 
 
 
Non-racialism and race
RAYMOND SUTTNER
In current public discourse ‘race’, ‘playing the race card’, ‘re-racialisation’, elections as a ‘racial census’ are often heard. Many commentators object to the continued reference...
 
 
31 Aug 2011
 
 
 
The anniversary of MK and the question of violence
RAYMOND SUTTNER
The 50th anniversary of uMkhonto we Sizwe on December 16 2011 is an opportunity to examine the role, meaning and impact of armed activity in the struggle for liberation and wider South African...
 
 
20 Jul 2011
 
 
 
A question of honour
VIDEO
Creamer Media's Dimakatso Motau speaks to political activist Prof Raymond Suttner about his article, A question of honour.
 
 
14 Jul 2011
 
A question of honour
RAYMOND SUTTNER
Many people know of men and women who have been in battle trenches together, conventional troops or cadres of liberation struggles. Soldiers tend to share deep bonds deriving from proximity to...
 
 
05 Jul 2011
 
 
 
Nationalisation and the Freedom Charter
RAYMOND SUTTNER
Creamer Media’s Polity speaks to author, political activist and professor Raymond Suttner about nationalisation, the Freedom Charter and how this important document should be speaking to the...
 
 
28 Jun 2011
 
 
 
Nationalisation and the Freedom Charter
OPINION
Recent calls for nationalisation of mines and expropriation of land without compensation have evoked a sense of anxiety and discomfort in sections of South African society, the international...
 
 
09 Jun 2011
 
 
 
Understanding Non-Racialism – more questions than answers (June 2011)
RACIALISM
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation hosts a series of discussions - under the title ‘Critical Conversations’ - that will seek to deal with the contemporary meanings and interpretations of...
 
 
10 Sep 2010
 
 
 
The state of the nation
REFLECTIONS WITH RAYMOND SUTTNER: PART 5
Raymond Suttner discusses the state of the nation going forward with reference to the Freedom Charter, the performance of the current African National Congress leadership and what needs to be done...
 
 
03 Sep 2010
 
 
 
The question of race
REFLECTIONS WITH RAYMOND SUTTNER: PART 4
Raymond Suttner speaks on race, non-racialism, and the relevance of affirmative action and black economic-empowerment today.
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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