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Raymond Suttner: ANC in decline as it celebrates its 103rd year of existence
Raymond Suttner on disintegration of the ANC/SACP/COSATU alliance
Raymond Suttner: Government and tripartite alliance ‘no pitch’ at Marikana memorial
From the first days after the Marikana massacre Continue reading
Lonmin, government and ANC alliance appear intent on inflaming situation on platinum mines through failure to recognise AMCU’s majority support
Government and Alliance partners are unwilling to take proper steps to acknowledge status of AMCU
Government and Alliance partners are unwilling to take proper steps to acknowledge status of AMCU
Since the Marikana massacre it has become clear that ANC allied National Union of Mineworkers has been fast losing ground to AMCU. Government and alliance responses have been reckless, treating the displacement of NUM as quasi-criminal activity, notoriously describing AMCU as a vigilante union. This is no way to seek peace in the industry
South African Communist Party defends statements on dress of Lindiwe Mazibuko, DA parliamentary leader and attacks critics
Why is this election different from all previous ones:early evaluation of Zuma era
Bram Fischer QC. Statement from the dock 1966
Raymond Suttner, Remembering Chris Hani
I have hesitated to write about Chris Hani, partly because I did not know Comrade Chris all that well, meeting him for the first time in 1990. But I want to convey a few things that I learnt. The first is that Chris cared about people and this one hears from all the MK soldiers, that he was concerned about every one of them, spending evenings with them, remembering their names even after fleeting meetings. Continue reading
Questions about current politics
Article and audio-visual interview prior to ANC Mangaung conference, in December 2012
Crisis of liberation-the Zuma era and beyond
This is a booklet published in 2010 examining the crisis of the ANC-led liberation struggle, in particular with the advent of Jacob Zuma to the presidency of the organisation and the country. Click on link that follows: ANC STUDY – FES 2010 review2
The Zuma era by Raymond Suttner, 2009
The Zuma era in ANC history: new crisis or new beginning?
The ANC Underground. Books of Raymond Suttner-2A.
Periodisation, Cultural Construction and Representation of ANC Masculinities through Dress, Gesture and Indian Nationalist Influence*
This is a scholarly article, which draws on ANC history and Indian influences on that history and the struggle in general, through various cultural lenses, notably dress and various gestures. Click on link that follows:Dress
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