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Raymond Suttner

Professor Raymond Suttner, attached to Rhodes University and UNISA, is an analyst on current political questions and leadership issues. He writes a regular column and is interviewed weekly on Creamer Media’s Polity.org.za. Suttner is a former political prisoner and was in the leadership of the ANC-led alliance in the 1990s. He blogs at raymondsuttner.com.

STORIES BY Raymond Suttner

If Zuma goes, what route to recovery?
Opinion 03 Nov 2016 09:08 am
Following a series of blights on President Jacob Zuma's career, including the State of Capture report, RAYMOND SUTTNER asks what's next?
Leadership beyond the time of the rogues
Opinion 27 Oct 2016 10:11 am
Beyond the removal of Zuma and his shrinking coterie, what is the plan, what is the vision that is offered? What is it that we want for South Africa now? By RAYMOND SUTTNER.
Chief Albert Luthuli as an ethical leader
Opinion 14 Oct 2016 13:00 pm
Acting ethically entails a choice and Luthuli was very conscious of the need to choose to do what he considered to be good rather than evil, writes RAYMOND SUTTNER.
South Africa in crisis: how we get out of it
Opinion 10 Oct 2016 13:24 pm
We have a culture of impunity for those who act irregularly to enrich themselves, provided they enjoy the protection of and offer loyalty to the president. by RAYMOND SUTTNER.
Universities crisis: what way forward?
Opinion 04 Oct 2016 09:42 am
There remain a range of issues beyond the consequences of losing an academic year that are not addressed by deciding to open the universities, writes RAYMOND SUTTNER.
Demise of the ANC: a tentative understanding
Opinion 19 Sep 2016 11:08 am
RAYMOND SUTTNER says there's a growing sense that the ANC may be in the process of disintegration. He looks at the threats facing the party.
DA’s local elections wins might be ANC’s future nightmare
Opinion 06 Sep 2016 12:29 pm
If the DA performs better in the metros than the ANC did, the "nightmare" that the ANC faces is that it might not regain control of them, writes RAYMOND SUTTNER.
New move against Gordhan suggests laws are under threat
Opinion 26 Aug 2016 12:14 pm
The pursual of the finance minister by the Hawks could have dire consequences for the economy. Yet President Jacob Zuma appears not to care, writes RAYMOND SUTTNER.
Does the ANC face defeat in 2019?
Opinion 22 Aug 2016 08:29 am
RAYMOND SUTTNER looks at the implications of a worst case scenario for the ANC and how they should address it should it happen.
The Zuma rape trial and its bearing on the post-Zuma era
Opinion 17 Aug 2016 11:32 am
What we need from leadership is that they read the “signs of the times” and tell us what they see is necessary for the future, writes RAYMOND SUTTNER.