Category Archives: Nelson Mandela

Pallo Jordan, The day Mandela saved SA from veering off course

http://www.bdlive.co.za/opinion/columnists/2014/04/10/the-day-mandela-saved-sa-from-veering-off-course

Raymond Suttner, We must entrench the principle of non-violence

http://www.polity.org.za/article/we-must-entrench-the-principle-of-non-violence-2014-03-19

Raymond Suttner, Polity interview on prevalence of violence and need to build peace

http://www.polity.org.za/article/suttners-view-how-do-we-stop-the-violence-that-is-all-around-us-2014-03-18

Raymond Suttner, Gospel of Service or gospel of greed:Polity interview on Chief Luthuli

http://www.polity.org.za/article/gospel-of-service-vs-gospel-of-greed-2014-03-18

Raymond Suttner, Chief Albert Luthuli and the ‘gospel of service’

http://www.polity.org.za/article/chief-albert-luthuli-and-the-gospel-of-service-2014-03-11

Raymond Suttner, Loss of trust and legitimacy result in ungovernability

http://www.polity.org.za/article/loss-of-trust-and-legitimacy-result-in-ungovernability-2014-02-11

Pallo Jordan responds to Ellis on the role of white communists in finalising the Freedom Charter text

Pallo Jordan relates Stephen Ellis’s attack on the white communist role Continue reading →

Raymond Suttner, video interview on early Mandela, relationship with Sisulu and Mandela’s masculinities

Raymond Suttner video interview on ethical significance of Mandela’s court appearances

http://www.polity.org.za/article/mandela-on-trial-its-meaning-for-us-today-2014-01-20

Richard Pithouse, Another annus horribilis for the ANC

Very insightful analysis of the decline of the ANC by Richard Pithouse. There are also some important remarks about organisations outside of the ANC, including the NGO sector, and the general absence of a powerful movement that can relieve the decadence and violence of the present.

http://sacsis.org.za/site/article/1880

Melanie Judge, Mandela’s lessons of reconciliation applied to gender divides

http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/melaniejudge/2013/12/24/mandelas-lesson-of-reconciliation-applies-to-gender-divides/

Marianne Thamm, Mandela the giant will diminish those who do not live up to his example

Mandela the giant will diminish those who do not live up to his example

Kerry Chance: Engaging with the binary of Madiba the icon versus Madiba the sell out and triumph of liberal democracy

http://www.theconmag.co.za/2013/12/17/what-the-american-press-got-wrong-about-nelson-mandela-the-icon-the-sellout-and-the-triumph-of-liberal-democracy/

Pallo Jordan, Mandela understood the complexities of his role

http://www.bdlive.co.za/opinion/columnists/2013/12/19/mandela-understood-the-complexities-of-his-role

Ahmed Kathrada’s beautiful tribute to Mandela

http://www.iol.co.za/news/kathrada-s-full-tribute-to-mandela-1.1622835#.Uq3Lq6XH1SU

CIA involvement in Mandela arrest in 1962

http://www.democracynow.org/2013/12/13/one_of_our_greatest_coups_the

Thabo Mbeki on Jacob Zuma, and power and corruption in South Africa

http://www.channel4.com/news/thabo-mbeki-jacob-zuma-south-africa-power-corruption-people?fb_action_ids=10201669984683684&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%5B479113792207333%5D&action_type_map=%5B%22og.recommends%22%5D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D

Raymond Suttner, On Mandela’s models of masculinity

The youth can take a leaf out of the book of a man in touch with his masculinity