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Press statement The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation welcomes the reopening of the inquest into the death of trade unionist and anti-apartheid veteran, Neil Aggett. The inquest was reopened on Monday, 20 January and presided by Judge Motsamai Makume at the Johannesburg High Court. Ahmed Kathrada Foundation board members, Prema Naidoo, Firoz Cachalia and Barbara Hogan will…
The event was hosted by the Siva Gnana Sabay in Lenasia.
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…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation condemns the racist and inhumane sentiments reportedly expressed by Black First Land First’s spokesperson, Lindsay Maasdorp, in relation to the Hoërskool Driehoek tragedy. Maasdorp is reported to have come out in support of a comment said to have posted by Facebook user, Siyanda Gumede, in which he said he “doesn’t have…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation’s essay writing competition will now see the top three winners receive cash prizes over and above laptops. The top writer will receive R5000, followed by R3000 and R2000, a for the second and third best essayists. The closing date for the essay writing competition has also been extended to Mandela Day,…
Amandla! Today, the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation joins peace-loving individuals across the world to condemn the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya Muslims. I use the words ‘ethnic cleansing’ very deliberately, because the systematic attack on a group of people over decades based on their ethnicity can be termed as nothing other than ethnic cleansing. …
It woud be a great disservice if I did not start this tribute to one of the legends of the ANC by raising my fist to the sky and loudly proclaiming “Amandla”. Amandla I would sing a revolutionary song that kept us strong during fees must fall and kept the revolutionary spirit of defiance alive…
Statement by Neeshan Balton, Director of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation:
“The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation strongly condemns the racist comments and views that infer that black people are like barbarians and should not be allowed onto public beaches.