Operation Winter Warm 2016
This year, the project is set to have key drop off points in areas in Lenasia, Lenasia South, Roshnee, Soweto and Sandton where communities willing to give donations could show their support.
Send us your Mandela photos
We’re looking for photos that you may have taken with, or of, the former president during his visits to Lenasia and surrounding areas. Old newspaper clippings on the same topic will also be welcomed.
Passive Resistance shaped our democracy, it still can .
June 13 this year marked the 70th anniversary of the campaign. A commemorative event will take place on June 18 at the protest site in KwaZulu Natal. Kathrada, who had left school in his matric year to assist with the campaign, is expected to attend the programme.
Response to Pastor André Olivier of Rivers Church, Sandton
It is to be appreciated that Pastor Olivier apologised for the statements he made in a sermon on Sunday, 26 June 2016. It is important, though, not simply to forgive him and move on, since his words were not only “poorly chosen” (as he says in his Twitter apology), but reveal deep-seated attitudes and approaches that keep on bedevilling relationships between black and white people in this country.
Spirit of volunteerism on Mandela Day
On 14 July 2016, the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation’s Kabelo Kemp took to the busy and vibrant streets of Braamfontein to interview people on Mandela Day and the spirit of volunteerism.
Reporting Race – Seminar 1 Overview
This is an overview of a seminar hosted by the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, Institute for the Advancement of Journalism as well as the Canadian Embassy in Auckland Park on June 21, 2016 on Racism in Post-Apartheid South Africa.
Lessons for women from Sophia Williams-De Bruyn
On the 60th anniversary of the 1956 Women’s March, Zinzile Mavuso draws lessons from the life of one of the protest leaders, Sophia Williams-De Bruyn, following an interview with her earlier this month.
Stories of extraordinary resilience from ‘ordinary’ women
For Women’s Day, the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation interviewed women from different walks of life capturing stories of strength, resilience and survival.