The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation strongly condemns Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters. This action is a grave violation of international law, undermines global solidarity, and blocks desperately needed humanitarian aid destined for Gaza. We stand with the courageous activists who continue to risk their lives to deliver aid and to assert…
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The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation welcomes the release of the Special Investigating Unit’s (SIU) interim report on Tembisa Hospital. This marks an important step towards accountability in the public health sector. The report confirms that over R2 billion meant for healthcare was stolen through coordinated syndicates, procurement fraud, and the collapse of oversight mechanisms. While we…
Three decades into democracy, South Africa continues to face the deep structural legacies of racial inequality, economic exclusion, land dispossession, and spatial injustice. While a progressive legal and policy framework was introduced to address these challenges, including the Employment Equity Act, B-BBEE, and land reform policies, persistent gaps inimplementation, enforcement, and alignment with national development…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation is proud to announce the continuation and expansion of the Billy and Elsie Nair Learner Support Programme, which officially commenced on 20 September 2025, in preparation of final examinations. According to the latest PIRLS 2021 report, released in May 2023, 81% of Grade 4 learners in South Africa are unable to…
We, the undersigned civil society organisations, express grave concern at the disclosure by MPSongezo Zibi, Chair of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA), that he is undersurveillance and facing possible intimidation linked to Parliament’s inquiry into the Road AccidentFund (RAF). These intimidatory acts strike at the heart of Parliament’s constitutional oversightmandate and the public’s…
This month, the City of Johannesburg was scheduled to deliberate on a submission that recommends to the council the certification of what they termed irrecoverable sums of R1.9 billion and R2.2 billion in irregular, unauthorised, fruitless and wasteful expenditure.https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-09-23-financial-mismanagement-continues-in-the-city-of-johannesburg/
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation began celebrating his birthday in 1989. This year was his 96th, and in 2029 they will celebrate his centenary.
AKF Executive Director, Neeshan Balton, pays tribute to Pravin Gordhan at his memorial service on 13 September 2025.
The Executive Mayor of Johannesburg has promised residents of Claremont, Westbury, and Coronationville that water will be restored within seven days. Today, with six days left, the Joburg Crisis Alliance intends to hold the mayor to his promise. Communities in these areas have lived with intermittent water for more than a decade. Most recently, they…