Category Archives: Parliament

Raymond Suttner: Representation: can we question the legitimacy of parliament

http://www.polity.org.za/article/representation-can-we-question-the-legitimacy-of-parliament-2015-08-12

Raymond Suttner: South African parliament now and in the future (Heinrich Boll foundation)

http://za.boell.org/2015/03/16/south-african-parliament-now-and-future

Raymond Suttner: South Africa 20 years on: a state in crisis (The Africa Report)

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Brooks Spector: Review of Raymond Suttner’s recovering democracy in South Africa (Daily Maverick)

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2015-03-13-review-raymond-suttners-recovering-democracy-in-south-africa/#.VQMHnULN6-K

Raymond Suttner audio interview with Gareth Cliff 12 March 2015

http://iono.fm/e/149088

The IEC head, Steven Friedman and credible polls

The question of the potential head of the IEC being someone closely associated with the ANC Continue reading →

Raymond Suttner: Parliamentary upheavals: heightened political awareness? (Polity video)

Nomboniso Gasa: King’s culture call is all about land

http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/2015/02/27/kings-culture-call-is-all-about-land

Nomboniso Gasa: Post 1994 land laws mimic apartheid

http://mg.co.za/article/2015-02-26-post-1994-land-laws-mimic-apartheid/

Press release on Raymond Suttner’s Recovering Democracy in SA (Jacana)

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RAYMOND SUTTNER: CAPE TOWN BOOK LAUNCHES RECOVERING DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA

CAPE TOWN LAUNCHES of RECOVERING DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA CONFIRMED FOR 9 APRIL 2015 Continue reading →

Raymond Suttner: Laughing at the dehumanised treatment of the EFF

When Julius Malema spoke in parliament on Tuesday referring to the attack on the EFF by security police Continue reading →

Raymond Suttner The attack on parliament -where to from here (Polity video)

http://www.polity.org.za/article/the-attack-on-parliament-where-to-from-here-2015-02-17

Raymond Suttner: EFF contribution to SA politics (Polity video)

Raymond Suttner: Parliament’s attempted lock-down threatens everyone’s freedom (Polity)

http://www.polity.org.za/article/parliaments-attempted-lock-down-threatens-everyones-freedom-2015-02-16

@AdriaanBasson ‘Gedleyihlekisa laughs at you’

Adriaan Basson has a very good column in Beeld today about his experiences at SONA that I hope he will post in English. He takes the meaning of Gedleyihlekisa one who laughs while you are hurt or similar and describes the violence in parliament and the worst part seeing Zuma laugh, laughing at us, laughing at the attack on our democracy, because he is or believes he is untouchable

Examining @pierredevos’ Preliminary legal issues relating to ejection of EFF

Pierre De Vos sets out some of the legal issues relating to parliament and the ejection of the EFF Continue reading →

In conversation with @antonyaltbeker on Recovering Democracy in SA at Troyeville 18 March

Launch of Recovering Democracy in South Africa at Troyeville Hotel 18 March 2015
Raymond Suttner will be in conversation with Antony Altbeker. Supper served from 6.30 pm.

Confirmed launches :Recovering democracy in SA

Updated information on confirmed launches of Recovering Democracy in South Africa (Jacana publishers) confirmed thus far: Continue reading →

Raymond Suttner: Attacks on core state institutions (Polity video)