Category Archives: ungovernability

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 →

Confirmed launches :Recovering democracy in SA

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

Recovering democracy in SA to appear February

My book: Recovering democracy in South Africa will be published by Jacana Media in February. Continue reading →

Raymond Suttner: Meanings of Freedom Charter not obvious, need debate (Polity)

http://www.polity.org.za/article/meanings-of-the-freedom-charter-are-not-obvious-need-debate-2015-01-21

Gunwielding ANC man in Bekkersdal a former councillor

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

Raymond Suttner, Politics of the red carpet and politics of the poorest of the poor

http://www.polity.org.za/article/politics-of-the-red-carpet-and-politics-of-the-poorest-of-the-poor-2014-02-19

Carol Paton, Service delivery protests-why now?

http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/2014/02/17/service-delivery-protests-why-now

Raymond Suttner video interview with Polity on countrywide risings and the crisis of leadership

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

ANC taught us to protest, say today’s protesters

http://www.citypress.co.za/politics/anc-taught-us-protest/

Ed Cropley, Informal settlements ablaze with disenchantment

http://mg.co.za/article/2014-02-08-informal-settlements-ablaze-with-disenchantment

Thapelo Lekgowa, Greg Nicolson, Boiketlong, Sebokeng-still dying for their rights

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2014-02-06-boiketlong-sebokeng-still-dying-for-their-rights/#.UvUQzv055SV

Jonny Steinberg, Magic of protest slips beyond ANC’s grasp

http://www.bdlive.co.za/opinion/columnists/2014/02/07/magic-of-protest-slips-beyond-ancs-grasp

ENCA, Violent protests spread across South Africa

http://www.enca.com/south-africa/violent-protests-spread-across-sa

Alex Eliseev, Bonfires of discontent in horrifying numbers

Alex Eliseev discusses the extent of violent protests Continue reading →

Bekkersdal as microcosm of wider social crisis by Jay Naidoo

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2013-11-22-bekkersdal-the-turning-point-in-sa-municipal-politics-time-for-a-line-in-the-ground/#.Uo8Qa6XH1SV

Ungovernability in the townships

http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/why-our-townships-are-burning-1.1608166#.Uomy2ZHN7fM

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

Michael Neocosmos, ‘From Peoples’ Politics to State Politics: Aspects of National Liberation in South Africa’

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An important article on the displacement of popular power and the UDF from the mid 1980s onwards. It is a chapter in Adebayo O. Olukoshi (ed), The Politics of Opposition in Contemporary Africa.  Nordic Africa Institute.  1998.

Raymond Suttner, Popular Justice in South Africa today, June 1986 (Unpublished)

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Note: there are two separate links to be clicked on, one for the text and the other for the endnotes

This was a seminar paper, prepared for the University of the Witwatersrand, in June 1986, just before I was rearrested for a further 27 months. Continue reading →