Raymond Suttner
The question of a woman president
11th September 2015 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Sane Dhlamini about the question of a woman president. Click here to read the... →
Suttner's View: Crisis of the media
11th September 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks about the potential crisis of the media. →
What is really at stake in election of a woman as president?
7th September 2015 ANC politics over the last few weekends has been dominated by leadership elections. This weekend a man just one month below the threshold for... →
Court recognises democratic rights of rural communities
26th August 2015 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Sane Dhlamini about recognising the democratic rights of rural communities.... →
Suttner's View: Can we have confidence in the administration of justice?
26th August 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks about having confidence in the administration of justice. →
Eastern Cape courts affirm community’s democratic right to elect headman
21st August 2015 African customary law is recognised in South Africa today, subject to its conforming with the Constitution and any legislation dealing with that... →
Suttner's View: How do we become secure?
19th August 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks about how South Africans can become secure. →
Representation and legitimacy
19th August 2015 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Sane Dhlamini about representation and legitimacy. Click here to read the column. →
Scandals and betrayal
12th August 2015 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Shannon de Ryhove about scandals and betrayals in South African politics. Click... →
Suttner's View: Leadership, trust and confidence
12th August 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks about leadership, trust and confidence. →
Representation: can we question the legitimacy of parliament?
12th August 2015 In its opening words, phrased as a declaration and making known to all, the Freedom Charter embraces a claim to popular sovereignty and democratic... →
Suttner's View: Empowering women in public life
30th July 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks about empowering women in public life. →
What is radical today?
30th July 2015 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Shannon de Ryhove about the need to take radical political action in the short... →
Scandals and betrayal in South Africa today
28th July 2015 The scale and extent of the scandals that are being uncovered – or at least partially revealed – in South Africa today leave many with a sense of... →
Taking radical political action in the short and long-term
24th July 2015 Where should “well meaning” South Africans or “progressives” who cherish liberty and have a sense that things “have gone horribly wrong” be... →
Why government resists naming xenophobia
23rd July 2015 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Sane Dhlamini about why government resists naming xenophobia. Click here to... →
Suttner's View: State of the ANC-led alliance
23rd July 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner discusses the state of the ANC-led alliance. →
Suttner's View: The importance of membership in political organisations
16th July 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner discusses the importance of membership in political organisations. →
Democracy under scrutiny
16th July 2015 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Sane Dhlamini about South Africa's democracy. Click here to read the column. →
Naming xenophobia
15th July 2015 Reading ANC MP and parliamentary committee chair Ruth Bhengu berating journalists for using the word “xenophobia” brought these words of Adrianne... →
Suttner's View: Traditional leaders and African customary law today
8th July 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner discusses traditional leaders and African customary law today. →
Limits and possibilities of law and courts today
8th July 2015 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Shannon de Ryhove about Deepening and broadening our democracy. →
Deepening and broadening our democracy
8th July 2015 Arguing for a return to popular agency, popular organisation, popular initiatives and empowerment as a way of broadening and deepening our... →
The Freedom Charter today
2nd July 2015 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Shannon de Ryhove about the Freedom Charter in current times. Click here to... →
Suttner's View: Understanding flux in the current SA political scene?
2nd July 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner discusses the flux in the current South African political scene. →
Freedom and the law
30th June 2015 “A democratic State based on the rule of law cannot exist or function, if the government ignores its constitutional obligations and fails to abide... →
Re-reading the Freedom Charter at 60
24th June 2015 The Freedom Charter was not the first human rights document initiated by the ANC, the organisation having developed a Bill of Rights in 1923. It... →
Bashir: South African government flouts international obligations and undermines rule of law
18th June 2015 When we won our freedom from apartheid, in the sense of having the opportunity to all vote for the first time to elect a government to represent... →
What type of leadership do we need to reinforce democracy and build an emancipatory project?
9th June 2015 If many of us are critical of the current political leadership in South Africa what type of leadership do we wish to see? Obviously the type of... →
Non-violence: purely a tactic or also a principle?
8th June 2015 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Shannon de Ryhove about non-violence as the foundation for dialogue and peace... →
Suttner's View: Are we handing too many political questions to the courts?
8th June 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks about the importance of constitutionalism. →
Self-respect: the hidden costs of Nkandla
3rd June 2015 These words of MK veteran Matthews Ngcobo describing his father being humiliated before his eyes by the police, and the entire notion of his power... →
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... →
