The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation hosted a series of events under the banner, @Kathrada90 in honour of anti-apartheid struggle stalwart, Ahmed Kathrada would have turned 90 on August 21. The exciting string of events were kicked off by a women’s month celebration which paid tribute to several women who contributed selflessly to the resistance against apartheid…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation is extremely worried about the situation that has been unfolding in various parts of Gauteng since Sunday. The brazen looting, pillaging, violence, thuggery and xenophobia should draw our collective condemnation. The Foundation urges community, faith-based, organisational and political leaders to speak out against the lawlessness that has engulfed certain parts of…
‘With spring in the air, the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, on Sunday, September 1, 2019, hosted a tribute concert marking the 90th birthday of anti-apartheid struggle veteran Ahmed Kathrada. Kathrada was born on August 21, 1929, in Sweizer-Reneke before moving to Johannesburg where his political activism began at age 8. While he was alive, Kathrada would…
I have been shocked, offended and pained by the events that have unfolded over the last weeks. Former President Zuma made an allegation in the Zondo Commission last month that comrades Siphiwe Nyanda and Ngoako Ramathlodi were apartheid spies. Early this month he made a statement on twitter that “I’m not surprised by @Julius_S_Malema revelations…
Human and gender rights activist, Elinor Sisulu has called on South Africans, the youth in particular, to read more and know their history. Sisulu was speaking at an event hosted by the Ahmed Kathrada and the Sophie & Henry De Bruyn Foundations which paid tribute to several women who contributed selflessly to the resistance against…
Young people wishing to take part in the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation’s Annual Youth Essay Writing Competition Against Racism will have until Thursday, August 22 to apply. This comes after several requests from young people who have been asking for an extension of the closing date for the writing competition. The competition officially closed on Wednesday,…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation will this month mark what would have been the 90th birthday of anti-apartheid struggle veteran, Ahmed Kathrada. A series of programmes and events will be held to celebrate Kathrada’s legacy as a lifelong activist. Kathrada was born on 21 August 1929 in the rural town of Schweizer Reneke in the North…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation calls on the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor, to recall Ambassador Bruce Koloane from the Netherlands. This follows Koloane’s testimony earlier this week before the Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture. Koloane admitted to having used the names of former President Jacob Zuma and…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation invites young people between the ages of 15-25 to take part in its annual Youth Essay Writing Competition Against Racism, where they stand to win great prizes. This year, over and above the general prizes, the top three winners will get the opportunity to join our Kathrada Youth Club participants when…
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