Struggle veteran Abdul Kadir Saloojee – a leading member of the African National Congress (ANC), the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) and the United Democratic Front (UDF) – passed away after a short illness in Lenasia on Wednesday, 26 May 2021, at the age of 80. The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation is deeply saddened by the passing…
Thambi Naidoo and his Family: Struggle for a Non-Racial Democracy is a poignant and well-documented account of a family, through four generations spanning over 100 years, who have committed themselves to the fight for freedom in South Africa and who continue to be the foot soldiers of our constitutional democracy. The individual stories of each…
This year marks the 20th anniversary since the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerances took place in Durban. The gathering created a platform where thought leaders from around the world could engage on the global challenges of racism with the intention of adopting a programme of action that would address these…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, views with great concern the racially prejudiced manner of interviews conducted by eNCA reporter Lindsay Dentlinger. The criticism levelled against Dentlinger- who, in two interviews conducted in succession at the 2021 Budget Speech, shows racial bias in her differential treatment of the two interviewees- is warranted and necessary. The Foundation also…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation welcomes the imminent contempt of Court application that the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture will lay against former President Jacob Zuma. This follows the former President’s failure to appear before the Commission on Monday, despite a Constitutional Court ruling compelling him to do so. The Foundation’s Executive…
Dear Mr Kirshen Naidoo Re: Letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa We write in response to your letter to the President dated 2 February 2021, which you suggest was written on behalf of various citizens and organisations whom you do not identify. It appears that you sought to act without conducting a proper investigation into the…
Former President Jacob Zuma’s refusal to appear before the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture has left us deeply troubled and his decision must be condemned. This latest defiance of a Constitutional Court order to appear before the Zondo Commission is a slap in the face of our democracy. In the recent…
The UK’s largest anti-racism educational charity, Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC) will, on Thursday, 28 January 2021, launch a country chapter in South Africa in partnership with the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation. The organisation’s presence in South Africa will add to its already established footprints in England, Scotland and Wales. In their twenty-five years of…
9 December 2020 – International Anti-Corruption Day More than six years ago, religious leaders in Cape Town led a March to Parliament to protest against the corruption of the previous administration. At the rally we held at the end of the march, I described the collapse of standards and values we were experiencing as something…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation views former President Jacob Zuma’s conduct in defying the authority of the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture in a serious light. The former President’s recusal application was rightly dismissed on Thursday by the Commission’s Chairperson, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. Instead of remaining at the Commission so…