We, the undersigned organisations, welcome recent arrests by South African law enforcement agencies in relation to several key corruption cases. The actions undertaken by the Hawks, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU), and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) over the last few weeks are a step in the right direction and…
Dr Vallabh Jaga, an activist of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) and the United Democratic Front (UDF), sadly passed away on 31 August 2020 at the age of 94. He became blind in 1985 at a heightened period of the political struggle. He was born on 23 September 1925 in Gujarat (India). After losing his…
“Climate justice is social justice.” This phrase from the Climate Justice Charter, being handed over to Parliament today, is perhaps the most important in the document. It sums up the core of what our struggles as progressive activists will be over the next generation at least. That one line alone, is a stark reminder of…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation received the sad news yesterday evening of the death of Priscilla Jana (MP), aged 76, a legendary human rights and political figure in South African liberation politics. The Foundation expresses its sincere condolences to the family, friends and comrades of Comrade Priscilla Jana. Priscilla Jana was born in Westville, Kwazulu-Natal, to…
Executive Director of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, Neeshan Balton, reflects on George Bizos’ simple, yet significant contribution to Nelson Mandela’s speech from the dock. He says that support for the #OrangeMaskFridays campaign against Covid-19 corruption is similarly simple, yet impactful. Balton states that it can go a long way to protect state resources so that…
JOHANNESBURG: On Friday September 11, the collective of organisations that had made a moral call against Covid-19 corruption, met a delegation of the Government led by President Cyril Ramaphosa. The group of six organisations is made up of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution, the Desmond &…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation is deeply saddened at the death on 9 September 2020 of Adv George Bizos. The Foundation would like to express its sincere condolences to the family, friends and comrades of Adv Bizos. The Foundation recalls the extremely close personal friendship between its founder, Ahmed Kathrada, and the late Adv Bizos. We…
In the first three months of lockdown, the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation’s (AKF) racism reporting app, ZiRRA, received over 500 reports of racism from across South Africa. Victims and witnesses were linked up with various partners of this project, including the SAHRC, Lifeline, Mediate Works, and the legal body, People Against Racism. A report on this…
Support #OrangeMaskFridays We, the undersigned organisations, call on the public to demonstrate their anger against Covid-19 corruption by donning an orange mask every Friday. The colour is symbolic of the orange overalls which Covid-19 looters should be wearing in prison. The #OrangeMaskFridays campaign forms part of a broad societal effort to stop C19 corruption. The…
We thank you Secretary General Magashule, for inviting us on behalf of the National Officials of the ANC. As joint signatories to our statement we strongly debated whether it was the right thing to come and meet with the ANC, when for us, the central issues are about Government and governance, rather than the governing…