The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation’s condemns the racist attitude of Kulula flight passenger, Alochna Moodley. Moodley admitted to using the used the k-word in a text to reportedly describe the captain, Menzi Mvelase, and two other passengers. The Foundation’s Executive Director, Neeshan Balton, said that Moodley’s attitude was “repulsive and must be strongly condemned”. “There can…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation’s annual Operation Winter Warm campaign will take place over the weekend of June 23 and 24. The Foundation is encouraging the community to donate generously when volunteers knock on your doors. The Foundation has further called on young and old to volunteers their time over the weekend to help make Operation…
By Kabelo Kemp The notion that our country is a fully transformed rainbow nation and that we all are able to live in harmony and enjoy our freedoms is proving to be a fallacy. On the one hand we’re faced with navigating a turbulent socio-political sphere and on the other we’re faced with growing concerns…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation’s Zenzile Mavuso spoke to several youth about what they felt are some of the challenges facing young people today, what their thoughts are on the 2019 elections and which political party they felt best represented young people. Here’s what they had to say: Trevor Motimele – AKF Youth Leader Personally,…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation hosted a stakeholder meeting in preparation for Operation Winter Warm 2018. The meeting was to get a wide range of community organisations to participate in and contribute to Operation Winter Warm, which takes place on June 23 and 24. Organisations that were in attendance and pledged their support included the Lenasia Rising…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation denounces the profoundly racist, politically reckless and highly inflammatory comments made by EFF parliamentary Chief Whip, Floyd Shivambu, targeting the Treasury Deputy Director-General, Ismail Momoniat. Shivambu, in a parliamentary Finance Committee meeting, objected to Momoniat’s regular presence at meetings. He reportedly observed that Momoniat is not African, and that he “undermined…
Neeshan Balton Executive Director – Ahmed Kathrada Foundation Just on the outskirts of Lenasia, lies Tolstoy Farm – the place where Mahatma Gandhi honed his strategy of satyagraha, or passive resistance. The foundation of the house that Gandhi stayed in remains on the plot. It is a simple reminder of his great legacy – both…
The xenophobic violence and the bloodshed of May 2008 remains a scar which should be carried with shame by every South African and our government. It is concerning that as we mark Africa Month, progressive forces from communities in KwaMashu in KwaZulu Natal are once again uniting in solidarity to counter xenophobia. A structure…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation’s essay writing competition will now see the top three winners receive cash prizes over and above laptops. The top writer will receive R5000, followed by R3000 and R2000, a for the second and third best essayists. The closing date for the essay writing competition has also been extended to Mandela Day,…
Representatives of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation (AKF) and Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) recently travelled to Sweden to meet with retail outlet H&M following their publishing of the racist ‘hoodie’ advert earlier this year. H&M published an advert of an African child wearing a hoodie with the phrase ‘Coolest Monkey in the Jungle’, contrary…