On the eve of what would have been Ahmed Kathrada’s 88th birthday, Derek Hanekom reflects on Kathrada’s remarkable ability to ‘draw people in’… In Ahmed Kathrada’s Memoirs, Edwin Markham is quoted: “He drew a circle to shut me out – heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But Love and I had the wit to win: we…
Mandla Nkomfe At the first anniversary of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in 1984, Albertina Sisulu said that “the patience of the people has been exhausted now”. Sisulu, a veteran leader, also stated that the UDF had given her hope about several things, one of which was the possibility of a “just South Africa…
I was a young church marriage officer in 1985 when the ‘Immorality and Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Amendment Act’ was repealed.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Nanabhai family, the ANC and the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation for the opportunity to say a few words of tribute to Shirish Nanabhai.
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation notes with concern the alleged Islamophobic sentiments expressed by a teacher at Apex Primary School in Lenasia, Johannesburg South.
On Saturday, the globe woke up to the news of the death of leader of the Cuban revolution, Fidel Castro.
Our own experiences under apartheid gives us a greater understanding of what Palestinian prisoners have gone through during their hunger strike, which ended on day 41, writes Mandla Nkomfe.
A sense of finality, of the passing on of a venerable generation, a generation of high morality and self-sacrifice coming to an end, pervaded Ahmed Kathrada’s funeral on 29 March 2017.
What if you knew
In an article published last year, struggle stalwart Ahmed Kathrada said that “the fight for non-racialism, equity and equality is not short-term work, but generational work. It requires united effort, and a lifetime of commitment…”