Raymond Suttner - Suttner's View
Leadership in question part 5: In a pandemic openness and compassion must be part of democratic leadership
By: Raymond Suttner 6th January 2021 In a period of considerable danger, presented by the Covid-19 pandemic, it is essential that leadership enjoys public confidence. Regrettably, the... →
Leadership in Question part 4 – Can the ANC recover and lead a democratic project? Can and should the ANC even survive? 
By: Raymond Suttner 7th December 2020 At the moment there is a lot of soul searching under way among ANC stalwarts with whom I am in contact, although I am not part of any of these... →
Leadership in Question part 3: Has Cyril Ramaphosa taken control of the ANC and the state?
By: Raymond Suttner 30th November 2020 It was never going to be easy to steer the South African ship of state after the Jacob Zuma years, even though Cyril Ramaphosa’s rise to the... →
Leadership in Question (Part Two): Emancipatory leadership is needed, even or especially in a crisis situation
By: Raymond Suttner 4th November 2020 Many textbook definitions of leadership focus on who has the right to issue commands or to demand obedience. While that does sometimes relate to... →
Leadership in Question, part one: The leadership we have
By: Raymond Suttner 20th October 2020 In some discourse it appears that leadership and who leads is not very important. There is a Marxist critique of the “great man” version of... →
How do we emerge from the current crisis?
By: Raymond Suttner 11th August 2020 The ANC and President Cyril Ramaphosa personally are taking an unprecedented level of criticism at the moment. Many are finding it shocking that... →
Unresolved intimate partner assault: Josina Machel loses an eye
By: Raymond Suttner 16th July 2020 Josina Machel may seem by virtue of her family associations, to have enjoyed some immunity from abuse. But she, too, has experienced vicious... →
Our various ways of relating to lockdown
By: Raymond Suttner 29th June 2020 We are at a phase of the development of Covid-19 where we need to cultivate even greater civic and social responsibility, than has been evident... →
How do we mark the 65th anniversary of the Freedom Charter?
By: Raymond Suttner 22nd June 2020 This Friday 26 June marks the 65th anniversary of the adoption of the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People, the culminating moment of a... →
Lockdown: Violence, hunger and indifference
By: Raymond Suttner 15th June 2020 As we mark the anniversary of the June 16 1976 uprising, many young people are experiencing hunger and there is widespread violence emanating from... →
