Category Archives: Raymond Suttner writings
Launch: Recovering democracy in SA, in discussion with @becsplanb, Book Lounge 9 April 2015
Launch of Recovering Democracy in SA at Poppy’s Melville
Raymond Suttner: South African parliament now and in the future (Heinrich Boll foundation)
Wits launch Recovering Democracy with Arianna Lissoni, Mcebisi Ndletyana, Keith Breckenridge (Photos Nomboniso Gasa)
Raymond Suttner: Get to root of our problems
Recovering Democracy in SA (Polity interview)
Launch of Recovering Democracy at UCT graduate school of business 9 April
Raymond Suttner: South Africa 20 years on: a state in crisis (The Africa Report)
John GI Clarke’s comment on Recovering Democracy in South Africa
John GI Clarke’s comment on Recovering democracy in South Africa, Continue reading
12 Confirmed launches for Recovering democracy in South Africa
12 confirmed Launches of Recovering Democracy in South Africa (Jacana Media)
JOHANNESBURG and PRETORIA:
1. 18 March Troyeville Hotel. Discussant Antony Altbeker 7 for 7.30 (FULLY BOOKED)
2. 19 March. Wits History Workshop/Wiser at Wiser, 6 pm. Discussants: Dr Arianna Lissoni (History Workshop), Dr Mcebisi Ndletyana (MISTRA)
3. 1 April Poppy’s Melville, 6 pm. Discussant : Chris Vick
4. May. Pretoria University. Department of Political Sciences.
Date to be decided and details of discussants will then be released
EASTERN CAPE
1. 26 March 5.30 pm. Rhodes University, Humanities seminar room
2. 23 April Steve Biko Cultural Centre Ginsburg, coordinated by Mwelela Cele, further details to be supplied
3. 24 April Fort Hare University, East London, 13:00. Coordinator Dr Chris Allsobrook, details to be confirmed
CAPE TOWN
1. 9 April 10 am Launch at UCT business school, further details to be supplied
2. 9 April 5.30 for 6 pm launch at Book lounge. Discussant: Rebecca Davis
2. 14 April Centre for Conflict Resolution Dialogue at Centre For the Book, Cape Town. 5.30 pm. Chair: Professor Cherrel Africa. Discussant Professor Suren Pillay
KwaZulu-Natal
1. 16 APRIL: Pietermaritzburg Agency for Community Social Action (PACSA) at Protea hotel, 5.30 discussants to be confirmed
2. (provisionally) 22 April, Durban but date and time to be confirmed.
[There are further launches to be confirmed]
Brooks Spector: Review of Raymond Suttner’s recovering democracy in South Africa (Daily Maverick)
Raymond Suttner: Chris Hani and the leadership we have lost
Chris Hani and the leadership we have lost
In the 1991 SACP Congress when Chris Hani was elected General Secretary he took a decision that was meant to indicate that his future lay with building the Communist Party Continue reading
Launch of Recovering democracy in SA at the Troyeville Hotel
Raymond Suttner: Eis terug die demokrasie
Raymond Suttner: Nelson Mandela’s masculinities
[This is an extract from the book Recovering democracy in South Africa that appeared in the Sunday Times under a different title yesterday] Continue reading
Raymond Suttner: An attack on a foreign migrant is an attack on us all (Polity)
While the extent of xenophobic attacks may not be widely known, the broad facts are relatively clear. Continue reading
Press release on Raymond Suttner’s Recovering Democracy in SA (Jacana)
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: Zuma period: Depoliticised but distinct character
When I said that the current period in SA politics is depoliticised Continue reading
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