Raymond Suttner - Suttner's View
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... →
Decolonising project: what is the place of ubuntu?
By: Raymond Suttner 26th September 2017 The process of pursuing decolonisation of the colonial and apartheid knowledge and cultural projects, often relates to retrieval of the... →
Zuma and allies under pressure: what way forward for the country?
By: Raymond Suttner 18th September 2017 We are in a very confusing moment of post apartheid politics. At one level much of the support base around President Jacob Zuma is under attack or... →
December ANC conference: what are realistic expectations?
By: Raymond Suttner 11th September 2017 Most commentators and sections of business see December 2017 as a decisive moment for the country, insofar as someone other than Jacob Zuma is... →
Are DA-led coalitions sustainable now and into 2019?
By: Raymond Suttner 5th September 2017 In last year’s local government elections the ANC nearly fell below 50% of the national vote. It lost three major metros, in addition to Cape Town,... →
Ruth First, validating dissent and building a democratic consensus
By: Raymond Suttner 28th August 2017 On 17 August 2017, the 35th anniversary of Ruth First’s assassination was marked at the University of the Witwatersrand with a panel discussing... →