Category Archives: patronage

Video: The aftermath of Nkandla, Raymond Suttner Polity Interview

http://www.polity.org.za/article/the-aftermath-of-nkandla-2014-04-02

Raymond Suttner, Building a united front, Polity Video interview

http://www.polity.org.za/article/suttners-view-building-a-united-front-2014-04-02

Raymond Suttner, Building unity to restore democratic rule. (Polity)

http://www.polity.org.za/article/building-unity-to-restore-democratic-rule-2014-03-31

Nkandla style (video) (Gangham style remix)

Nomboniso Gasa, on change through “The Good People in the ANC” argument

I don’t buy the “good people in the ANC” argument. I believe they are there and they are many. I am not sure that makes a compelling argument to vote for the ANC. If we have learnt anything about how organisations and social change work, it is the complexity of changing patterns that have already set it.

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Raymond Suttner, Nkandla signifies our disenfranchisement (Polity article)

http://www.polity.org.za/article/nkandla-signifies-our-disenfranchisement-2014-03-25

Raymond Suttner, How should we interpret the Nkandla scandal? (Polity interview)

http://www.polity.org.za/article/suttners-view-how-should-we-interpret-the-nkandla-scandal-2014-03-25

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

Richard Poplak, How Bekkersdal becomes symbol of everything that is wrong with SA

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2014-03-17-hannibal-elector-how-bekkersdal-became-a-symbol-of-everything-thats-wrong-with-south-africa/#.UyfhFFw55SV

BC Simelane and Greg Nicolson, Bekkersdal-a flashpoint exposing the ANC’s weaknesses

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2014-03-16-bekkersdal-a-flashpoint-exposing-the-ancs-weaknesses/#.UyaT2lw55SV

Gunwielding ANC man in Bekkersdal a former councillor

http://www.citypress.co.za/politics/guns-wielding-bekkersdal-former-councillor/

ANC gets pelted with stones in Bekkersdal

http://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2014/03/14/anc-gets-stoned-in-bekkersdal

Fuming Bekkersdal shows ANC the door

http://www.citypress.co.za/politics/fuming-bekkersdal-shows-anc-door/

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, interview on changes in the political scene (Polity interview)

Raymond Suttner, Do apartheid patterns of oppression continue? (Polity interview)

Growing civil unrest shows yearning for accountability,by Peter Alexander, Carin Runciman and Trevor Ngwane

http://www.bdlive.co.za/opinion/2014/03/07/growing-civil-unrest-shows-yearning-for-accountability

Raymond Suttner, Preliminary evaluation of 20 years of democracy(Polity interview)

Nomboniso Gasa, Who killed the Traditional Courts bill?

http://www.iol.co.za/sundayindependent/who-killed-the-traditional-courts-bill-1.1654811