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Remembering women of fortitude
Human and gender rights activist, Elinor Sisulu has called on South Africans, the youth in particular, to read more and know their history. Sisulu was speaking at an event hosted by the Ahmed Kathrada and the Sophie & Henry De Bruyn Foundations which paid tribute to several women who contributed selflessly to the resistance against…
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Deadline for essay writing competition extended
Young people wishing to take part in the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation’s Annual Youth Essay Writing Competition Against Racism will have until Thursday, August 22 to apply. This comes after several requests from young people who have been asking for an extension of the closing date for the writing competition. The competition officially closed on Wednesday,…
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Kathrada at 90
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation will this month mark what would have been the 90th birthday of anti-apartheid struggle veteran, Ahmed Kathrada. A series of programmes and events will be held to celebrate Kathrada’s legacy as a lifelong activist. Kathrada was born on 21 August 1929 in the rural town of Schweizer Reneke in the North…
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Ambassador Koloane should be recalled
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation calls on the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor, to recall Ambassador Bruce Koloane from the Netherlands. This follows Koloane’s testimony earlier this week before the Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture. Koloane admitted to having used the names of former President Jacob Zuma and…
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Call for political parties to review candidate lists
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation supports the call by the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC) and Corruption Watch urging political parties to review their candidate lists. The two organisations have stated that the “legal grounds for formally objecting to the inclusion of particular candidates on the Parliamentary lists are extremely…
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Kathrada Foundation calls for MEC Mazibuko’s dismissal
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…
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Focus on core issues facing SA, not historical distortions
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…
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Condemnation of theft of Valliama statue
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…
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Action taken against Sasha Martinengo commended
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…
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