Raymond Suttner - Suttner's View
Ekurhuleni defeat sounds alarm bells for ANC and for democratic stability
By: Raymond Suttner 10th November 2022 It is well known that proportional representation (PR) voting systems are more likely to lead to coalitions than “first past the post”, pure... →
We cannot emerge from the SA political crisis if we mischaracterise it
By: Raymond Suttner 31st October 2022 Carol Paton published a recent opinion piece, unfortunately behind a paywall on News 24... →
No lifeline to people-unfriendly coalitions. Strengthen wider democratic possibilities! A reply to Pierre de Vos 
By: Raymond Suttner 10th October 2022 There is much preoccupation with coalitions as “the future” of South African politics, with study visits and much media focus on the question.... →
We need to find an escape from “choiceless democracy”
By: Raymond Suttner 3rd October 2022 I have an aversion to being a political spectator and have been involved in politics since my youth in the 1960s, first in the Progressive Party... →
ANC governments caused the problems: they cannot be the ones to resolve them
By: Raymond Suttner 19th September 2022 The country is in the grip of a range of crises that need to be resolved if democracy is to be salvaged, and people are to be rescued from hunger,... →
Freedom and xenophobia do not belong together – Freedom must be defended and xenophobia banished
By: Raymond Suttner 5th September 2022 The revocation of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) which would have expelled thousands has now been postponed until June 2023. Clearly Home... →
The murder of Abahlali’s Lindokuhle Mnguni is part of a broader attack on our constitutional order that must be repelled
1st September 2022 Professor Raymond Suttner unpacks his column 'The murder of Abahlali’s Lindokuhle Mnguni is part of a broader attack on our constitutional order... →
Widespread xenophobia and cowardly acts against Zimbabweans must be combatted by all democrats
By: Raymond Suttner 29th August 2022 Migration between states of southern Africa has a long history, crucial to the development of mining in South Africa and the sheltering of freedom... →
The murder of Abahlali’s Lindokuhle Mnguni is part of a broader attack on our constitutional order that must be repelled
By: Raymond Suttner 24th August 2022 The murder of Lindokuhle Mnguni, the 24th leader of Abahlali baseMjondolo to be gunned down, has met with indifference on the part of the state and... →
Moving beyond “disillusionment” means recreating our political life
By: Raymond Suttner 8th August 2022 South African democracy is in crisis. People do not see benefits from 28 years of freedom. Many are hungry, homeless, unemployed, subject to... →
