The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation (AKF) Youth Leadership Camp will commence this week at one of South Africa’s most historic sites, Robben Island. Forty young people from communities based in the south of Johannesburg will embark on the six-day camp, four of which will be spent on the Island itself. While the Kathrada Foundation…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation condemns EFF leader Julius Malema’s attack on Public Enterprises Minister, Pravin Gordhan. Malema was speaking at a protest outside the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture on Tuesday when he compared Gordhan to a “dog” that was being handled by “white monopoly capital”. He urged his supporters to be prepared…
By Neeshan Balton The Anti-Racism Network South Africa (ARNSA) will on November 1 and 2 in Johannesburg host its annual conference, this year themed ‘Pathways to Anti-Racism’. It will bring together a range of organisations, key thinkers and policy-makers from various sectors to both understand the resurgence of racism locally and globally, and explore…
It really is a privilege for me to deliver this lecture today to honour the legacy of Ahmed Kathrada- a hero and icon of our struggle; a man of principle deeply committed to constitutionalism and the rule of law- to whom we remain grateful. Until the day he died he championed the noble cause for…
ADDRESS BY GOVERNANCE SPECIALIST, COLUMNIST AND LAWYER JUDITH FEBRUARY ON THE TOPIC FIXING SOUTH AFRICA: WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE? 13 October 2018, Johannesburg It really is a privilege for me to deliver this lecture today to honour the legacy of Ahmed Kathrada- a hero and icon of our struggle; a man of principle deeply…
By Kabelo Kemp The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation will on October 13 at its Annual Lecture at Sci Bono Centre announce the top three winners of its annual national essay writing competition against racism. The three winners will also be afforded a chance to read out their essays in front of the Annual Lecture audience,…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation welcomes the action taken against Hot 91.9 FM DJ, Sasha Martinengo, for his racist characterisation of EFF leader, Julius Malema. The Foundation’s Executive Director, Neeshan Balton, said, “We welcome the fact that the station has dismissed Martinengo hours after calling Julius Malema a ‘monkey’. We also commend the EFF for…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation is deeply concerned by a video made by Kessie Nair which went viral yesterday. In the video, Nair unashamedly and repeatedly refers to President Cyril Ramaphosa as a “kaffir President”. The Foundation’s Executive Director, Neeshan Balton, said, “We condemn this despicable utterance, which is an attack on the dignity of…
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…
Ahmed Kathrada Foundation Board member and anti-apartheid struggle veteran, Prema Naidoo, yesterday condemned Suzanne Govender, a now former ANC Youth League eThekwini regional executive committee member. News of a Whatsapp message, wherein she is alleged to have used the word ‘kaffir’ to describe fellow ANC members, followed hot on the heels of another racist…