Raymond Suttner - Suttner's View
ANC in December: what is at stake?
By: Raymond Suttner 3rd December 2017 Fairly often it is suggested that the ANC may not be able to hold its December conference, now frequently called an “elective conference”.... →
Can Mugabe’s departure package be a model for Zuma?
By: Raymond Suttner 28th November 2017 Many of us were shaken by the sudden and swift removal of Robert Mugabe from the Zimbabwean presidency. When someone holds office for 37 years,... →
Non-violence is essential to respect human dignity
By: Raymond Suttner 13th November 2017 Much media coverage currently focuses on the “race” for the ANC presidency, “slates” of individuals who would apparently form part of the... →
How do we get rid of Jacob Zuma and rebuild democracy? 
By: Raymond Suttner 30th October 2017 Every time one thinks we have heard the worst about Zuma and his acolytes or fraudsters or gangster associates there is more that emerges, as with... →
Democratic and effective policing
26th October 2017 Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Sane Dhlamini about democratic and effective policing. Click here to read the column. →
Suttner's View: Will the ANC self-correct?
26th October 2017 In this episode of Suttner's View, Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Thabi Madiba about whether the African National Congress will... →
Policing in post-apartheid South Africa: the past in the present
By: Raymond Suttner 23rd October 2017 For most people, the police were the face of apartheid representing force against the majority of the South African population, without whose... →
Leadership in question
By: Raymond Suttner 18th October 2017 Very many South Africans are worried about the character and quality of leadership of the country and continue to hear allegations of corruption... →
Betrayal and recovering trust?
By: Raymond Suttner 9th October 2017 Hardly a day passes without new revelations of state capture, corruption and other forms of malgovernance. These emanate from the Public... →
The ANC and future without the ANC
By: Raymond Suttner 2nd October 2017 The violence in the ANC Eastern Cape elective conference shocked many people, even though violence (and murder) has become a common feature of the... →
