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New site secured for the Foundation

A sod turning ceremony will be held on 28 August at the site that has been earmarked for the construction of a centre for the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation.
The extensive site, which was made available to the Foundation by the Gauteng Province, is located on the corner of Lenasia Drive and Flamingo Street in Lenasia.

General Meeting identifies first corps of activists

A sod turning ceremony will be held on 28 August at the site that has been earmarked for the construction of a centre for the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation.
The extensive site, which was made available to the Foundation by the Gauteng Province, is located on the corner of Lenasia Drive and Flamingo Street in Lenasia.

Launch of the Ahmed Timol Education Trust

The Ahmed Timol Education Trust was launched in Krugersdorp on 5 June 2010
Ahmed Timol Education Trust
Speeches at the launch:

- ImtiazCajee

- Mems Moosa: Remembering a fallen comrade and struggle hero

- Marie Louis Samuels
(on behalf of Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga)


Lecture at UWC’s Centre for Humanities Research

The UWC Centre for Humanities Research and the Mayibuye Archives hosted a lecture by Ahmed Kathrada on 9 March 2010. 

Titled “Building the archives of the liberation struggle” the lecture included a talk by Helen Joannides on the Ahmed Kathrada Collection which is held at the Mayibuye Archives. 

Lecture by Ahmed Kathrada



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Exhibition: Kathy - the man behind the public figure

Kathy - the man behind the public figure

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.

Kathy - the man behind the public figure

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June 16th commemoration

The 1860 Legacy Foundation, in partnership with the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation and the Tamil Federation Gauteng, held a June 16th commemoration to celebrate our youth. The event included  visits to the gravesites of Viliamma and Nagappen and the Hector Petersen Museum.

Ahmed Kathrada and Shan Balton
Shan Balton and Ahmed Kathrada at the Hector Petersen Museum
Source: Yunus Chamda


Speeches at the event:

Mems Moosa:
Youth Day Commemoration

 
 
Tributes to Kathy and Barbara on YouTube

Artists for a New South Africa, an American NGO, has produced audiovisual tributes to Ahmed Kathrada and Barbara Hogan which are now available on YouTube.

Kathrada You Tube video

A tribute to Ahmed Kathrada


A tribute to Barbara Hogan


With thanks to:
JussieSmollet and Sharon Gelman.
Source: Artists for a New South Africa



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