The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, along with many South Africans, mourns the loss of ANC leader and Minister in the Presidency, Comrade Jackson Mthembu, aged 62. The Foundation would like to express its sincere condolences to the family, friends and comrades of the late Comrade Mthembu. Comrade Jackson was a remarkable revolutionary. He never adopted a…
9 December 2020 – International Anti-Corruption Day More than six years ago, religious leaders in Cape Town led a March to Parliament to protest against the corruption of the previous administration. At the rally we held at the end of the march, I described the collapse of standards and values we were experiencing as something…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation views former President Jacob Zuma’s conduct in defying the authority of the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture in a serious light. The former President’s recusal application was rightly dismissed on Thursday by the Commission’s Chairperson, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. Instead of remaining at the Commission so…
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Willem Boshoff, a sculptor by profession, presented a true work of art in the form of a granite sculpture to struggle veteran Ahmed Kathrada on May 6, 2016.
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation thanks the South African Parliament for the planned special sitting in honour of anti-apartheid struggle stalwart, Ahmed Kathrada.
I was a young church marriage officer in 1985 when the ‘Immorality and Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Amendment Act’ was repealed.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Nanabhai family, the ANC and the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation for the opportunity to say a few words of tribute to Shirish Nanabhai.
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation has noted recent media reports pertaining to Dr. Iqbal Survé and comments attributed to Ahmed Kathrada.
Sophia Williams-De Bruyn may be best known for leading the 1956 Women’s March to the Union Buildings, but after spending an afternoon chatting to the veteran, Delani Majola, learns that her contribution to the struggle spans decades.