The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation is in Sharpeville in the Vaal Triangle to remember the 69 people who were killed during the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960. Kubayi says it’s important to continue honouring the heroes and heroines who fought against a racist legal system that denied rights and freedoms to people who were not considered white.
On Sunday, the minister led this year’s Anti-Racism Programme in collaboration with the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, held at the Sharpeville Human Rights Precinct in the Vaal.
Executive Director of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, Neeshan Balton has urged the country’s youth never to forget where they come from. As part of Anti-Racism Week, the Foundation together with communities, the youth and religious leaders have gathered in Sharpeville, in the Vaal, to commemorate the Sharpeville Massacre. Sixty-nine people were shot and killed on the…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation and the Gauteng Department of Education (Sebibeng East District) took the 120 learners to see the production during Anti-Racism Week.
“The dismissal of the latest appeal in the arms deal case paves the way for the trial to finally take place. Thales and President Zuma have long evaded accountability by employing Stalingrad tactics. “We note that judgment on the State’s ‘Stop-Stalingrad’ application, designed to curb abusive litigation tactics, has been reserved. We keenly await the…
In 2025, Candy was honoured with the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation’s Anti-Racism Award, recognising his firm’s ongoing commitment to justice, equality, and public-interest work. As a sign of his distinguished career and legal expertise, Candy often appears as a legal analyst for television broadcasters such as ENCA, Newsroom Afrika, and the SABC. He has also provided…
– Neeshan Balton, executive director of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, said the woman’s remarks were “vile, dehumanising, and completely unacceptable”. He said her remarks repeat harmful stereotypes that have long been used to justify exclusion and humiliation, and they directly undermined South Africa’s constitutional commitment to dignity, equality, and non-racialism. “The recent and troubling spike…
As the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation steps into the Kathy@100 journey, the banquet feels like more than a celebration.
South African Revenue Service (SARS) commissioner Edward Kieswetter was honoured with the ‘Kathy’ award at the annual Ahmed Kathrada Foundation fundraising banquet this past weekend.
Sars Commissioner Edward Kieswetter and Treasury’s Ismail Momoniat received the inaugural Kathy Award for courage and service.