Category Archives: Constitutionalism
Raymond Suttner: Does national oppression persist in South Africa today? (Polity)
Raymond Suttner: Is there a new debate on the Freedom Charter? (Polity interview)
Raymond Suttner: Numsa’s United Front and Left Party-what lies ahead (Polity)
Raymond Suttner: On abuses in intelligence services, NPA and police (Polity video)
Raymond Suttner: Recent court decision on public protector’s powers (Polity Video)
Nomboniso Gasa: Laws for traditional leaders emulate the logic of apartheid
Nomboniso Gasa: Claimants still waiting for the promised land
Raymond Suttner: Erosion of trust and paralysis in crucial institutions (Polity)
Raymond Suttner, Judiciary-transforming a masculine domain (Polity interview)
Raymond Suttner: Numsa takes steps to launch united front (Polity video)
Raymond Suttner, Is there a democratic crisis? (Polity video)
Raymond Suttner: On the Freedom Charter (Valley FM)
Raymond Suttner: The vulnerability of Zuma’s presidency (Polity video)
Raymond Suttner: Leadership and responsibility (Polity video)
Raymond Suttner: Judges, transformation and active citizenry (Polity)
Raymond Suttner, Will Zuma go down and will he go alone? (Polity)
Raymond Suttner: Put patriarchy on the defensive! (Polity video)
Raymond Suttner: Patriarchy is part of our heritage, but not to be celebrated (Polity)
Richard Pithouse, South Africa:After the end of our innocence
I have one problem with this article, the statement: ‘Moreover, we are increasingly confronting a state that acts in routine disregard of the law and, at times, the courts. On their own the courts guarantee nothing.’ Certainly on their own courts guarantee nothing, but defending rights where courts can, is surely one of our most important tasks?