Second place winner in the Essay Writing Competition Against Racism What is the value of a Black life in South Africa today? The question may seemunnecessary to many, ridiculous to others. Is it not obvious that all human life,irrespective of gender, nationality, race or whatever category, is of immeasurableand inherent value. Our history and our…
First place winner of the Essay Writing Competition Against Racism My nerves are shattered. All of a sudden there is silence in my soul, I have becomea fall leaf under frost . I feel the chill in my blood, coldness bringing the synapses ofmy brain to a standstill. My feet are dashing above the ground…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation announced the top achievers of the 6 th Annual NationalEssay Writing Competition Against Racism on Sunday, the 11 th of December at ConstitutionalHill. This year’s competition submission’s included essays, poems, songs and originalartworks. This year’s top 3 prizes included a cash prize and a laptop, sponsored by the CyrilRamaphosa Foundation. The…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation (AKF) welcomes the pronouncements made by the South African Human Rights Commission in relation to utterances made and posters displayed at the Economic Freedom Fighter’s Provincial People’s Assembly held in the Western Cape on 16 October 2022. The AKF is one of many that voiced their concerns to the SAHRC immediately…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation takes note of the comments made by the Minister of Home Affairs with regards to the address made by Mr Snuki Zikalala at the Ahmed Kathrada Foundations annual lecture held on the 15 October 2022. The AKF requested the ANC and DA to send representatives who would respond to the address…
Brothers and Sisters, Comrades On that day. On 27 April 1994. The first photographs of the voting stations started appearing. South Africans stood patiently in long and winding lines. Patiently but with determination. Yes, patient, but triumphant. Patiently, but with heads held high. Among those in line stood the daughter of he who was murdered…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation is deeply saddened by the passing on of Comrade Tommy Vassen (aged 86) on 28 September 2022 in East Sussex. The Foundation extends its sincere condolences to the family, comrades, and friends of Comrade Tommy Vassen, an ANC veteran and member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the Anti-Apartheid…
Submission to: Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs Re: Electoral Amendment Bill 16 September 2022 The undersigned organisations submit the following proposal in relation to the Electoral Amendment Bill currently under review by the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs. On 2 September 2022, the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution, My Vote Counts,…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation welcomes the arrests of several former Transnet executives by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), early this morning. We extend our thanks to all from the criminal justice system who have been working on this case. The accused have been arrested after being linked to a R93m case of alleged fraud, corruption and…
The Annual Youth Essay Writing Competition Against Racism by the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation is back and even bigger this year! The Kathrada Foundation is delighted to announce that the competition, in its sixth year, will offer young people between the ages of 15-21 a wider range of categories to engage on the topic of racism.…