The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation did its annual remembrance event to mark the anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre in 1960. Young people learnt firsthand about the horrors of racism and what some of its worst consequences were
9 December 2020 – International Anti-Corruption Day More than six years ago, religious leaders in Cape Town led a March to Parliament to protest against the corruption of the previous administration. At the rally we held at the end of the march, I described the collapse of standards and values we were experiencing as something…
Let me thank the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation for inviting me to give this Annual Lecture today, titled Hope After State Capture – Towards and Agenda for Change. This lecture is dedicated to the life and memory of Cde Laloo “Isu” Chiba who would have turned 90 this week. Cde Isu was recruited into lifetime struggle…
“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…
19 September 2019 We are gathered at Heroes’ Acre in Westpark Cemetery (Johannesburg) to mark the 110th anniversary of the birth of Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo. Dr Dadoo was born on 5 September 1909 in Krugersdorp and he passed away on 19 September 1983 in London, where he is buried at Highgate Cemetery – a few metres…
Launch of In Pursuit of Justice by Mohamed Enver Surty (Deputy Minister of Education, 26 April 2019 As a professional historian I feel truly proud tonight. I am delighted that my dear friend, comrade and relative has published an autobiography of sorts entitled, In Pursuit of Dignity, while being in office as the Deputy Minister…
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…
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…
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…
Delivered by Ismail Vadi This TCE re-union is a laudable initiative. My compliments to the entire team that pulled it together – Nagulin “Aksie” Pillay, Naeema Maal, Bashir Bagus, Afeera Khan, Anisha Vittee, Trevor Masher, Rabia Coovadia, Yunus Chamda, Geeta Rowjee, Colin Francis, Vasela Ayob, Dawn Naidoo, Sandra Moodley, Nazreen Maal and Fazila Carrim. I…