Raymond Suttner - Suttner's View
25 years of democracy (Part 1): ruptures and continuities
By: Raymond Suttner 11th February 2019 How is it that what seemed so promising in the inauguration of South African democracy, 25 years ago, has turned sour? Should those who were... →
Zuma’s “nine wasted years” and the question of “renewal” 
By: Raymond Suttner 4th February 2019 A row has broken out in ANC ranks over claims by Cyril Ramaphosa (on which he sometimes wavers) and Tito Mboweni that the period of Jacob Zuma’s... →
#StopXenophobia in all its guises!
By: Raymond Suttner 30th January 2019 Far from abating, the xenophobic climate in South Africa may be heightening as multiple social and economic crises increase impoverishment and... →
Ramaphosa’s wooing of Zuma: does it spell problems for the country?
By: Raymond Suttner 21st January 2019 Since the 2017 ANC conference held at Nasrec in Johannesburg, it has been clear that the organisation has not been united behind Cyril Ramaphosa as... →
ANC at 107: history, values and strategies
By: Raymond Suttner 14th January 2019 The ANC is very preoccupied with its history and it has been drawn on for different reasons at different times. During the freedom struggle that... →
May elections: what is the price of an ANC electoral victory?
By: Raymond Suttner 7th January 2019 In four months, there will be general elections for national and provincial legislatures. While the other main parties are in disarray, the ANC... →
Has Cyril Ramaphosa’s position weakened and, if so, what are the consequences?
By: Raymond Suttner 10th December 2018 Until now many observers, including myself, have been at pains to credit President Cyril Ramaphosa and his allies with addressing the need to clean... →
What is at stake in demanding formal educational qualifications in democratic politics?
By: Raymond Suttner 3rd December 2018 Factional battles as well as tensions over white control in the DA appear to have led to a focus on the DA Chief Whip in the National Assembly,... →
The popular, populism and the crisis of representation
By: Raymond Suttner 28th November 2018 Democracy is often discussed in a way that seriously limits our understanding of its theory and practice. This was very evident in the Cold War... →
Securing Ramaphosa’s presidency – at what cost?
By: Raymond Suttner 26th November 2018 There is no need to recapitulate in detail the expectations that many people cherished for the Cyril Ramaphosa presidency. Many of these were not... →
