ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION- Deadline 28 August 2020.
If you missed the closing date, this is your chance. We are offering an extension for submissions into the Youth Essay Writing Competition Against Racism. Deadline is 28 August 2020.
Video: #FreeToFlow by Ahmed Kathrada Foundation
In order for us to reach our target of R162000 for a yearlong supply we challenge you to contribute between R64 and R640 (or more) in commemoration of the 64th anniversary of the 1956 Women’s March.
Deadline for the Youth Essay Writing Competition Against Racism has been extended
Deadline for the Youth Essay Writing Competition Against Racism has been extended Young people, who are between the ages of 15-21, who may have missed the deadline to submit their entries into the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation’s Annual Youth Essay Writing Competition Against will now have until 28 August 2020 to do so express their interest.…
#FixOurDemocracy- 67 Quotes
Below is a set of 67 quotations drawn from submissions of members of the public from the #FixOurDemocracy initiative. The initiative was started on July 14 by the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, supported by several other organisations. It made a call for South Africans to submit suggestions, via an online survey, on how to #FixOurDemocracy in…
KATHRADA FOUNDATION LAUNCHES NEW FREEDOM STRUGGLE BOOKS
(Dr Ismail Vadi) On June 16th, the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation launched two books capturing different aspects of the struggle for freedom in South Africa. Afzal Moolla’s “Struggle, Exile & Love” and Zunaid Mosam’s “Coolie Bandiet” are new additions to the growing collection of literary books in prose and poetry reflecting on life under apartheid and…
Condolence Message from the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation to the family, comrades and friends of the late ANC veteran, Comrade Herbie Pillay
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.
COVID-19 and the World of Work: its impact and the response of labour
Brief presentation to the Kathrada Foundation, 21 st March 2020.
Ben Turok – Ethical Revolutionary and Visionary
Looking back, we now know that his term as Chairperson coincided with the beginning of state capture. Despite hostility from some in the ANC, Prof Turok stood steadfast in his commitment to the values of the ANC and the Constitution. This was at a time when corrupt elements were trying to marginalise those who stood in their way and frustrate any investigation.
Kathrada Foundation welcomes Pillay’s sacking
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation condemns the racist attitude displayed by Kanthan Pillay, the now former head of eNCA news, in referring to political journalist Samkele Maseko as a ‘rat’ in a tweet that has since been deleted. This followed Maseko’s resignation from eNCA, with Pillay making the dehumanising reference and likening the SABC, where Maseko…
Defeating state capture and rebuilding the state
ustice Kriegler broke down the levels of state capture from national, provincial and down to the local level, and its devastating effects.