Condolence Message from the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation to the family, comrades and friends of the late ANC veteran, Comrade Herbie Pillay

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In the 1950s, Comrade Herbie Pillay befriended radical young activists of the Transvaal Indian Congress such as Ahmed Kathrada, Moosa “Mosie” Moolla, Solly Esakjee, Faried Adam, his cousins Bobby and Tommy Vassen, Indres Naidoo, Billy Nannen, Paul and Peter Joseph and Laloo “Isu” Chiba among others. Through his close association with this new generation of activists he became politically active in Fordsburg, Johannesburg.

Letter: Call to replace Felix Klein as the Federal government Commissioner for the Fight against Antisemitism

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30 April 2020 Dear Minister Seehofer, We, Jewish scholars and artists from Israel and elsewhere, many of whom specialize in antiSemitism and in Jewish, Holocaust and Israel Studies, are calling on you to replace Felix Klein, the Federal government Commissioner for Jewish Life in Germany and the Fight against Antisemitism, following his shameful attack on…

Time to end racial inequality and injustice in SA and USA

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The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation joins the global community in condemning the brutality of law enforcement agencies, particularly against black people, both in South Africa and in the United States of America.   Police and army brutality is a striking demonstration of the legacy of centuries of racism and violence that continues to persist.   The merciless killing…

Update by the Gauteng Provincial Command Council on measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 and mitigate its impact

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Welcome to the weekly media briefing of the Gauteng Provincial Command Council. Although COVID-19 is essentially a health pandemic, it has a significant social and economic impact that goes beyond the public health system. The Gauteng Provincial COVID-19 Response Plan is based on the following five pillars: 1) Comprehensive Health Response 2) Food Security Response…

Launching Gauteng Together to help address Covid-19 Food and Social Insecurity

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Today marks the launch of Gauteng Together, an initiative calling for the establishment of Community Action Networks (CAN) across Gauteng to address the social impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The project was initiated by The Angel Network, the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation and CONECKT, and is supported by a range of organisations, individuals and local community…

PUBLIC APPEAL BY RELIGIOUS AND CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS FOR COVID-19 FOOD SECURITY CAMPAIGN

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We, the undersigned religious leaders, civil society activists, sport personalities, academics and former political representatives, publicly call on all South Africans to launch a national food security campaign as part of the fight against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which has infected over 1585 South Africans and led to several deaths. The national food security campaign…