Raymond Suttner - Suttner's View
Building mutual solidarity in a time of callousness
By: Raymond Suttner 17th September 2018 There is no doubt that the current ANC leadership faces great challenges. Having relieved the country of the burden of the Jacob Zuma presidency,... →
Attacks on “foreign nationals” and callous indifference 
By: Raymond Suttner 11th September 2018 “And Jesus said…’Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”- Matthew 8:20 The recent... →
End or new phase of coalition politics?
By: Raymond Suttner 3rd September 2018 The results of the 2016 Local Government elections revealed the possibility of the ANC being defeated in the 2019 national elections. This would... →
Accountability, dignity and compassion
By: Raymond Suttner 21st August 2018 At the core of the South African constitution is a vision of a society that is based on human dignity and the rights of all its peoples. The... →
On whom do we rely for our democratic future?
By: Raymond Suttner 13th August 2018 Who is the custodian of our democratic and transformational project, who do we look to in order to see it through and safeguard its integrity and... →
“Expropriation without compensation” Where is the plan for addressing land reform?
By: Raymond Suttner 6th August 2018 Democratic and ethical leadership depends, in the first place, on trust. People need to believe and trust what a leader or organisation says... →
Undeclared crisis of the “new dawn”
By: Raymond Suttner 30th July 2018 There are a range of developments happening simultaneously at the moment that throw a disquieting light on any democratic and potentially broader... →
Exhibition of photographic works on ‘Nelson Mandela’s roots revisited’, by Bonile Bam
23rd July 2018 The University of Johannesburg Faculty of Humanities, in collaboration with the University Library and the National Institute for the Humanities... →
Insights of rating agencies and thinking on the ground
By: Raymond Suttner 16th July 2018 When Cyril Ramaphosa became state president, he inherited leadership in a state with a massive debt. Indebtedness hovers everywhere and seeps into... →
Lessons from Mandela’s leadership (Part 5)
By: Raymond Suttner 9th July 2018 This series has repeatedly referred to the problem of celebrating Nelson Mandela without articulating the qualities that attached to him, that... →
