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    AKF’S YOUTH PROGRAMME MANAGER DEPARTS FROM THE AKF TO JOIN THE RISE MZANSI MOVEMENT.

    18 April 2023 The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation (AFK) Youth Activism Progamme Manager, Irfaan Mangera will be leaving the AKF. Mangera will be joining the Rise Mzansi political movement that will be launched Wednesday, 19 April 2023. He leaves the organization after serving it for four years. Mangera started at the AKF as a volunteer and…

  • Kathrada Foundation welcomes appointment of Judge Raymond Zondo as Chief Justice

    The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation welcomes news of the appointment of Judge Raymond Zondo as Chief Justice, as well as the appointment of Judge Mandisa Maya as Deputy Chief Justice. Judge Zondo brings 25 years of untainted service to this post. Together with Judge Mandisa Maya, the first woman to serve as the President of the…

  • Looters and Racists Cannot Set the Agenda

    Don’t let looters and racists in and outside of South Africa succeed in getting us to refocus away from the failed insurrection, writes Neeshan Balton, the Executive Director of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation. In mid-July 2021, South Africa had to deal with the worst possible attack on its democratic, constitutional order since 1994. It witnessed…

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    CONDOLENCE MESSAGE FROM THE AHMED KATHRADA FOUNDATION TO THE FAMILY, COMRADES AND FRIENDS OF THE LATE COMRADE DR HASSEN ‘IKE’ MOOSA

    The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation conveys its deepest condolences to the family, friends and comrades of struggle veteran and treason trialist Dr Hassen Mohamed ‘Ike’ Moosa. Comrade Hassen was born in Johannesburg in September 1923 to Hajira and Mohamed Moosa. After completing his matric, he went on to pursue a BSc degree at the University of…

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    Charges against Guptas a step in the right direction

    The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation welcomes the charges instituted by the National Prosecuting Authority against Rajesh and Atul Gupta and their wives, Chetali and Arti, as well as several of their business associates. It also welcomes the Investigating Directorate’s seizure of R520 million worth of assets belonging to the Guptas, their associate Iqbal Sharma and his…

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    Anti-Racism Week – Taking steps to combating racism

    This year marks the 20th anniversary since the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerances took place in Durban. The gathering created a platform where thought leaders from around the world could engage on the global challenges of racism with the intention of adopting a programme of action that would address these…

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    Zuma’s Defiance Cannot Go Unchallenged

    The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation welcomes the imminent contempt of Court application that the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture will lay against former President Jacob Zuma. This follows the former President’s failure to appear before the Commission on Monday, despite a Constitutional Court ruling compelling him to do so. The Foundation’s Executive…

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    Criminal Complaint against Zuma Welcomed

    Former President Jacob Zuma’s refusal to appear before the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture has left us deeply troubled and his decision must be condemned. This latest defiance of a Constitutional Court order to appear before the Zondo Commission is a slap in the face of our democracy. In the recent…

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    Join the launch of Show Racism the Red Card – South Africa

    The UK’s largest anti-racism educational charity, Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC) will, on Thursday, 28 January 2021, launch a country chapter in South Africa in partnership with the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation. The organisation’s presence in South Africa will add to its already established footprints in England, Scotland and Wales. In their twenty-five years of…