Raymond Suttner - Suttner's View
The crisis of today goes beyond the future of Cyril Ramaphosa and may affect that of the state
By: Raymond Suttner 13th June 2022 The crisis surrounding President Cyril Ramaphosa’s game farm robbery ought not to distract our focus from the wider state crisis. The Zuma era... →
Remedying our crises must include relative autonomy and professionalisation of public service
By: Raymond Suttner 6th June 2022 Rebuilding a state that works for all the people cannot be conceived purely at the level of clean ups and ‘orange overalls’. The need for a... →
Murder of Nokuthula Mabaso - another Abahlali killing with impunity?
By: Raymond Suttner 16th May 2022 This week end the shack dwellers movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo buried another leader, Nokuthula Mabaso, murdered in front of her children.... →
Let’s call ANC/state criminality what it is: Treason
By: Raymond Suttner 9th May 2022 This week Nokuthula Mabaso, a leading Abahlali baseMjondolo figure was gunned down. This is the 23rd hit on Abahlali members, with only one case... →
Popular power, insurrectionism and their legacies
By: Raymond Suttner 28th April 2022 Both popular power and insurrectionism were important, albeit controversial components of the ANC-led struggle against apartheid. Both have some... →
ANC crisis derives not purely from indifference to the poor but also an absence of debate
By: Raymond Suttner 19th April 2022 The ANC-led alliance’s indifference to the plight of the poor and those marginalised in a range of other ways has been repeatedly noted. Given this... →
The EFF, the judiciary and the necessity to still be freedom fighters
By: Raymond Suttner 11th April 2022 The EFF thrives on outrageous statements, as in their recent attack on the judiciary as having been captured. The EFF does need our attention... →
People in government are not listening to the cries of pain. They no longer hear them
By: Raymond Suttner 28th March 2022 Certain basic qualities are needed for a political movement to win the trust of the people. One of these is simply to listen very carefully to what... →
ANC renewal will remain an empty slogan- a new political configuration is needed
By: Raymond Suttner 16th March 2022 “Renewal” has become a priority for the ANC, following election setbacks. It is, however, unlikely to represent a meaningful rupture with the... →
South Africa faces crises on multiple fronts, threatening the democratic project and our constitutional values
By: Raymond Suttner 8th March 2022 South Africa is in the grip of a wide-ranging crisis, especially affecting the poor and other vulnerable people. The state has long failed to... →
