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The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, which has deepening non-racialism as its core objective, is pleased to invite you to its second Annual Lecture which will be held at the Linder Auditorium in Parktown, Johannesburg on the 15 of October 2011 at 14h30. The Keynote Speaker is Judge Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. |
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Ahmed Kathrada Foundation remembers and celebrates the
1981 Anti‐SAIC (South African Indian Council) Campaign |
The Mandela Spirit came alive when 300 students from 18 schools of Delhi
NCR , sang, danced and interacted with Ahmed Kathrada, a close associate of Nelson Mandela at the Mandela Day Celebrations in New Delhi. Madiba (as Nelson Mandela is lovingly called by his friends, followers and admirers all over the world) turned 93 on July 18. |
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Ahmed Kathrada, leader of the anti-apartheid struggle and liberation
movement of South Africa was the Special Guest on the occasion.
Kathrada, who is 11 years younger than Madiba, spent 26 years in South
African prisons, 18 of which were on Robben Island along with Mandela.
Kathrada was accompanied by his wife and former South African Minister
of Health and Public Enterprise Barbara Hogan.
The programme was jointly organised by India International Centre,
Gandhi Peace Foundation, South African High Commission, United Nations
Information Centre and the Working Group on Alternative Strategies.It is
part of Taking Children to Gandhi series that brings children closer to
the enduring legacy of Gandhi's non-violent struggle for equity,
justice, pluralism and sustainable development.
Video Clip Courtesy: CFTV NEWS [CITIZENS FIRST TELEVISION]
The clip was uploaded on YouTube by UNIC - Click here to view video
Ahmed Kathrada Foundation remembers and celebrates the
1981 Anti‐SAIC (South African Indian Council) Campaign |
On the 20th August, the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation will remember and celebrate the 1981 Anti‐SAIC (South African Indian Council) Campaign.
This campaign laid the basis for much |
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of the ati‐apartheid work in the 1980s, and its significance needs to be commemorated. The 20th August is also the anniversary of the formation of the UDF in 1983. The Foundation will mark these events at a ceremony where it will unveil billboards on the future building site of the Centre and present its plans for the Centre. The day is also special in that it almost coincides with the 82nd birthday of Ahmed Kathrada (21st August)
Date: 20th August 2011 | Time: 14h00 ‐ 16h00
Venue: Open site on the corner of Flamingo Street and Nirvana Drive,
Lenasia (off the N12 Soweto/Lenasia off‐ramp)
- Download the invitation here (PDF - 315 KB)
| Kathrada recalls Rivonia trial |
US First Lady Michelle Obama met with struggle icon and President of the Robben Island Committee Ahmed Kathrada at the District Six Museum on June 23 (Gallo Images) |
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Dressed in an olive green shirt, green tweed jacket and brown pants, apartheid freedom fighter Ahmed Kathrada took his seat in front of the microphone at the VOC studios. The shy, humble man is grey and balding, yet one cannot spot a wrinkle, nor any other visible signs of aging. He showed no physical scars of a prisoner during apartheid, despite being at the forefront of fighting for the freedoms South Africans enjoy today. Read more... |
Critical conversations - Symposium panel discussion on
"Prospects for a non-racial future in South Africa" |
| The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation invites you to the first in a series of discussions - under the title ‘Critical Conversations’ - that will seek to deal with the contemporary meanings and interpretations of non-racialism in South Africa. |
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Date: 26 May 2011 | Time: 17h30 for 18h00 | Venue: Sci Bono (Newtown)
- Download the Invitaiton here (PDF - 109 KB)
- Read the Press Release here (PDF - 26 KB)
Ahmed Kathrada Foundation Youth Festival
18 - 21 March 2011 |
FESTIVAL LAUNCH
FRIDAY, 18 MARCH 2011 at 19h00
Patidar Theatre, Lenasia, Extension 3
DANCE AND POETRY & DRAMA WORKSHOPS
SATURDAY, 19 MARCH 2011 from 10h00-12h00 • 14h00-16h00
Extension 3 Recreation Centre
SPORTS AND YOUTH INFORMATION VILLAGE
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, 19 & 20TH MARCH at 09h00 - 17h00
Prakash Napier & Yusuf Akhalwaya Sports complex, Lenasia, Extension 3
CELEBRATING YOUTH - A NIGHT OF DANCE
SATURDAY, 19 MARCH 2011 from 20h00 - 24h00
Extension 3 Recreation Centre
CELEBRATING YOUNG ARTISTS - NIGHT OF CULTURAL ARTS, MUSIC AND OTHER ART FORMS
SUNDAY, 20 MARCH 2011 at 19h00
Patidar Theatre, Lenasia Extension 3
LEADERSHIP FOR CHANGE - YOUTH LEADERSHIP FORUM
MONDAY, 21 MARCH 2011 (Human Rights Day) afrom 09h00 – 14h00
Lenasia Secondary School
- Download the Festival Brochure (pdf - 765KB)
- Download the General Application Form (pdf - 80KB)
- Download the Schools Application Form (pdf - 83KB)
For more information call 011 854 0082 or 079 482 7445
Inaugural Ahmed Kathrada Foundation Lecture
1 October 2010 |
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation hosted the first Annual Lecture on 1 October 2010 at the Linder Auditorium in Johannesburg. The topic of the lecture, delivered by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, is: “South Africa belongs to all who live in it - Black and White.” The contemporary relevance of this Freedom Charter ideal.
Download the speeches
- Lecture by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe (pdf - 124KB)
- Response by Professor Jonathan Jansen (pdf - 262KB)
Listen to a podcast of the speeches (courtesy of Radio Today)
http://radiotoday.podomatic.com/entry/2010-10-08T11_23_45-07_00
Exhibition: Kathy - the man behind the public figure
September at Liliesleaf; October at Hector Peterson Museum |
The exhibition, jointly hosted by the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation and the Nelson Mandela Foundation, was opened at Liliesleaf. This exhibition hopes to portray the person Kathy, his sense of humour, his love of food, his many, many friends and comrades, his meticulous notes and his incredible memory.
The exhibition runs until 20 September 2010 at Liliesleaf Farm in Johannesburg.
From October the exhibition moves to the Hector Peterson Museum in Soweto.
Download the brochure here
1980 school boycotts commemoration
18 September 2010 |
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the 1980 School Boycotts that took place in predominantly Coloured and Indian schools across the country.
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation hosted an event on 18 September 2010 at the Nirvana Secondary School in Lens to celebrate and reflect on these seminal events. The programme includes an exhibition, open discussion and music.
Foundation hosts screenings of
HAVE YOU HEARD FROM JOHANNESBURG |
Screenings of a chapter of this groundbreaking documentary series were held in Joburg, Cape Town and Durban during the first week of September. The chapter that was screened is titled “A Hell of a Job” and profiles the work and contribution of OR Tambo to the international pillar of the anti-apartheid struggle.
The series will be broadcast on SABC2 from 5 September.
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