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| New site secured for the Foundation
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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
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 |
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
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.
Shan Balton and Ahmed Kathrada at the Hector Petersen Museum
Source: Yunus Chamda
Speeches at the event:
Mems Moosa:
Youth Day Commemoration
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