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…
We, the undersigned organisations, express our ongoing support for the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture. We condemn all attempts aimed at frustrating and delegitimising its work. Given the national importance of the work of the Zondo Commission in probing state capture, we believe that its findings and recommendations will be critical…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation welcomes action taken by law enforcement agencies in recent months tackling alleged corruption. The Foundation’s Executive Director, Neeshan Balton, indicated that it “gives one a sense of hope that investigations are now finally yielding results, with big cases being prosecution ready”. Balton referred to Tuesday’s warrant of arrest for ANC Secretary…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation (AKF) fully endorses the widespread condemnation of the violence meted out against the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) supporters at the Brackenfell High School in Cape Town yesterday. The AKF has in the past demonstrated in a similar way outside schools on issues of racism and considers the right to protest as…
Let me thank the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation for inviting me to give this Annual Lecture today, titled Hope After State Capture – Towards and Agenda for Change. This lecture is dedicated to the life and memory of Cde Laloo “Isu” Chiba who would have turned 90 this week. Cde Isu was recruited into lifetime struggle…