If we are, indeed, to build inclusive public services and a non-racial country, we need to deal with the structural barriers, seen and unseen, which still stubbornly sit with us almost three decades in our constitutional democracy.
Even when there was a legal chance of him getting off with a lesser sentence during the 1964 Rivonia Trial, he chose to stand alongside Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and the other trialists and accept the final judgement, be it death or life sentence.
Looking back, we now know that his term as Chairperson coincided with the beginning of state capture. Despite hostility from some in the ANC, Prof Turok stood steadfast in his commitment to the values of the ANC and the Constitution. This was at a time when corrupt elements were trying to marginalise those who stood in their way and frustrate any investigation.
Former Deputy Minister of Finance, Mcebisi Jonas, will talk about how civil society can protect state institutions from capture.
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Over the next few days, the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation will be hosting three signature events celebrating the lives of Bram Fischer, Klaas de Jonge and David Webster. It is not coincidental that these commemorative events should come in the wake of remarks made by the Secretary-General of the ANC, Ace Magashule, that voters should…
SPEECH BY ISMAIL VADI DELIVERED AT THE SOLIDARITY MEETING WITH VICTIMS OF THE ATTACKS 25 March 2019 The twin attacks on 15 March 2019 by self-confessed white supremacist, Brenton Tarrant, on the Al-Noor Mosque and the Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand, in which 50 Muslims were killed and over 50 others injured is…
By Neeshan Balton This weekend, we will be given the final chance to register to vote in the upcoming elections. It will 25 years since South Africans of all races were first given this opportunity. The palpable excitement of the day, 27 April 1994, and the oppressive years of legislated apartheid that preceded it,…
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…