Raymond Suttner - Suttner's View
“De-Zumafication” and the possibly terminal crisis of the ANC
10th September 2021 Professor Raymond Suttner unpacks his column “De-Zumafication” and the possibly terminal crisis of the ANC. Click here to read the column. →
“De-Zumafication” and the possibly terminal crisis of the ANC
By: Raymond Suttner 7th September 2021 The current crisis of the ANC has taken a range of permutations. I have not wanted to write a series of narratives - of which we have plenty - on... →
Mandela in Cuba
28th April 2021 When Nelson Mandela was released from prison in 1990, he asked me to write his speeches. At one point, Thabo Mbeki and myself were both designated... →
What is political analysis?
By: Raymond Suttner 23rd March 2021 The modern nation state is strongly associated with the rise of the print media, and modern democracy with the public sphere enabled by the print... →
Leadership in Question part 11: The personal and the political in Chris Hani’s leadership
By: Raymond Suttner 8th February 2021 We live in a time when a movement once devoted to the wellbeing of all, has become callous. That contempt for the welfare of others is diffused... →
Leadership in Question Part 10: What can we learn from Chris Hani’s leadership qualities?
By: Raymond Suttner 1st February 2021 Previous articles in this series are to be found here. “We have always lived the ANC in our camps. We have dreamt about the ANC. There was no other... →
Leadership in question part nine: Luthuli, masculinity and gender
By: Raymond Suttner 25th January 2021 Previous articles in this series are to be found here. Luthuli’s masculinity, Luthuli as a gendered subject →
Leadership in Question part 8: Luthuli, a Christian Chief with integrity, is deposed by the apartheid regime
By: Raymond Suttner 19th January 2021 Chief Albert Luthuli took being a chief seriously and acted with sensitivity to the needs of his community, refusing to impose fines against an... →
Leadership in Question Part Seven: Chief Albert Luthuli’s leadership comprised multiple, mutually respectful identities
18th January 2021 Chief Albert Luthuli inhabited multiple worlds, as a Christian, an elected chief whose chiefdom comprised mainly people who did not accept the... →
Leadership in Question Part six: Chief Albert Luthuli, leadership and service
By: Raymond Suttner 11th January 2021 This article is part of a series on leadership. Click here to read articles in the series. The life of Chief Albert Luthuli bears lessons that are... →