Reflections by Executive Director Neeshan Balton Ten years ago, the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation was launched at Trade Route Mall, in Lenasia. Over this period, we have celebrated and we have cried. On August 21st, we marked what would have been the 89th birthday of late struggle stalwart, Ahmed Kathrada. In true ‘Kathy style’, we marked…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation is hosting a pledge line on ITV – Channel 347 on Saturday from 8pm to midnight for the establishment of 100 community youth clubs in Ahmed Kathrada’s name. The public is urged to support the cause. If there was anything that anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada was ‘big on’, it was…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation will be hosting a live pledge-line on ITV Networks (DStv 347) and Radio Al Ansaar to raise funds towards the establishment of the Kathrada Youth Clubs. This is part of the Foundation’s vision to form 10 community youth clubs in the south of Johannesburg within the next year, where young people…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation hosted its 6th annual Operation Winter Warm campaign this past weekend with 450 community volunteers participating. The Foundation’s Dawood Raphalalane said that tallied together over the two-day period, registration numbers amounted to 630. “In a massive show of support for Operation Winter Warm, volunteers flocked to the Lenasia Cricket Stadium over…
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…
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…
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…