The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation calls on Gauteng Premier David Makhura to consider dismissing the MEC for Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation, Faith Mazibuko. This comes after amaBhungane published an audio clip of Mazibuko intimidating her departmental officials into bypassing procedures to build ‘combi’ sports courts in communities ahead of the elections in May. Despite officials…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation is disappointed by recent statements made by Congress of the People (COPE) leader Mosiuoa Lekota, and the South African Community Party’s (SACP) Second Deputy General Secretary, Solly Mapaila. Lekota, speaking at the State of the Nation (SONA) debate in Parliament, suggested that President Cyril Ramaphosa was a sellout who had…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation condemns the theft of a statue of passive resister and child martyr,Valliamma Mudliar . Situated at Lenasia’s Rose Park, the site where the bust is located has been vandalised for a third time since its installation by the Tamil Federation of Gauteng in 2014. While the bust was previously partially…
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 calls on President Cyril Ramaphosa to dismiss Minister Bathabile Dlamini from her post. This follow’s Thursday’s decision by the Constitutional Court to hold the former social development minister personally liable for part of the legal costs in the Sassa saga. The Court ruled that Minister Dlamini has to personally…
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…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation supports arguments made by Advocate Vincent Maleka against the Guptas participating via video link up in the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture. Last week, Maleka, the Commission’s evidence leader, tore into arguments suggesting that Gupta family members be allowed to cross examine witnesses via video call – the…
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…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation expresses its outrage following an appalling video, in which a Johannesburg man, Adam Catzavelos, makes use of the word ‘kaffir’. The Foundation’s Executive Director, Neeshan Balton, said that while racism remains an ongoing problem in the country, “nothing should take from the level of outrage and disgust that we should…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation’s condemns the racist attitude of Kulula flight passenger, Alochna Moodley. Moodley admitted to using the used the k-word in a text to reportedly describe the captain, Menzi Mvelase, and two other passengers. The Foundation’s Executive Director, Neeshan Balton, said that Moodley’s attitude was “repulsive and must be strongly condemned”. “There can…