Category Archives: democratisation

Leading actor joins EFF (Economic Freedom Fighters) of Julius Malema

Chirping classes: Fighting for freedom in Mokoena’s blood

Pierre de Vos argues that there is no legal basis for withholding Nkandla report from public

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2013-10-25-nkandla-untangling-that-rather-sticky-web/#.UmoUehaGj8t

Crisis of governability as Bekkersdal and surrounding areas flare up

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-10-25-westonaria-mayhem-when-the-children-hit-the-streets/#.UmoP1haGj8t

Organisational culture tolerates corruption. Douglas Mthukwane on ANC Northern Cape elections

This article illustrates how settled in ANC culture it has become to elect people with question marks around their names. Continue reading →

Andisiwe Makinana, Traditional courts fracas goes on

Traditional courts fracas goes on

Greg Nicolson, Marikana commission-chronicle of death foretold and planned for by SAPS

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-10-15-marikana-commission-chronicle-of-death-foretold-and-planned-for-by-saps/#.UlzXBBbH0y5

Kerry Chance, SAPS violence shakes the foundations of democracy

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2013-10-07-saps-violence-shakes-the-foundation-of-democracy/#.UlJj2xbH0y6

Open letter from Slavoj Zizek, Noam Chomsky, Judith Butler and other academics regarding violent attacks on Abahlali

M&G: Open letter to James Nxumalo, Senzo Mchunu & Jacob Zuma

Podcast of PowerFM radio interview with Raymond Suttner, Kay Sexwale and host Chris Vick, on disagreement with current leadership directions of the ANC

http://www.powerfm.co.za/category/general-podcasts/

Glenn Ashton, Failure to administer participatory democracy aggravates instability in South Africa

http://sacsis.org.za/site/article/1799

Rebecca Davis, Abortion in South Africa. A conspiracy of silence

The right to freedom of choice in relation to terminating pregnancies is one of the progressive laws enacted after 1994. Continue reading →

Raymond Suttner, Response to comments on my article in the Mail and Guardian of 27 September 2013

I recently published an article analysing the degeneration of the ANC led tripartite alliance. Continue reading →

Eduardo Galeano, The right to dream

http://thinkloud65.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/the-right-to-dream-–-a-utopia-according-to-eduardo-galeano/

Glenn Ashton, Failure to feed our people: South Africa’s lacklustre food security policy

http://sacsis.org.za/site/article/1785

Greg Marincovich and Greg Nicolson, Marikana Commission:lies, videotapes and the police’s crumbling wall of deceit

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-09-16-marikana-commission-lies-videotapes-and-the-polices-crumbling-wall-of-deceit/#.UjcIiRaGj8t

Harry Targ, Spirit of Socialism lives on in Chile and poem by Mitchell Cohen

http://portside.org/2013-09-08/spirit-socialism-chile-lives-poem-pinochets-capture

Gauteng police boss appointment reversed on day of announcement

The announced appointment and withdrawal of the appointment of the Gauteng police commissioner within hours in one day, Continue reading →

Ariel Dorfman, Martin Luther King jr and the two 9/11s

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175741/tomgram%3A_ariel_dorfman%2C_martin_luther_king_and_the_two_9_11s/

Raymond Suttner: Government and tripartite alliance ‘no pitch’ at Marikana memorial

From the first days after the Marikana massacre Continue reading →

Raymond Suttner: Decisions/concessions made by the Mandela-led ANC during the transition towards post-apartheid South Africa

The transcript and interview with Professor Sampie Terreblanche  (link at the end of this article) provides insights Continue reading →