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    CONDOLENCE MESSAGE FROM THE AHMED KATHRADA FOUNDATION TO THE FAMILY, COMRADES AND FRIENDS OF THE LATE COMRADE JACKSON MTHEMBU

    The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, along with many South Africans, mourns the loss of ANC leader and Minister in the Presidency, Comrade Jackson Mthembu, aged 62. The Foundation would like to express its sincere condolences to the family, friends and comrades of the late Comrade Mthembu. Comrade Jackson was a remarkable revolutionary. He never adopted a…

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    Zuma must account before Zondo

    We, the undersigned organisations, express our ongoing support for the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture. We condemn all attempts aimed at frustrating and delegitimising its work. Given the national importance of the work of the Zondo Commission in probing state capture, we believe that its findings and recommendations will be critical…

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    Strides in alleged corruption cases welcomed

    The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation welcomes action taken by law enforcement agencies in recent months tackling alleged corruption. The Foundation’s Executive Director, Neeshan Balton, indicated that it “gives one a sense of hope that investigations are now finally yielding results, with big cases being prosecution ready”. Balton referred to Tuesday’s warrant of arrest for ANC Secretary…

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    Brackenfell High School learners should be put first

    The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation (AKF) fully endorses the widespread condemnation of the violence meted out against the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) supporters at the Brackenfell High School in Cape Town yesterday. The AKF has in the past demonstrated in a similar way outside schools on issues of racism and considers the right to protest as…

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    Support for action taken against corruption

    We, the undersigned organisations, welcome recent arrests by South African law enforcement agencies in relation to several key corruption cases. The actions undertaken by the Hawks, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU), and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) over the last few weeks are a step in the right direction and…

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    SACC AND HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS MEET PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA AND GOVERNMENT DELEGATION ON COVID-19 CORRUPTION

    JOHANNESBURG: On Friday September 11, the collective of organisations that had made a moral call against Covid-19 corruption, met a delegation of the Government led by President Cyril Ramaphosa. The group of six organisations is made up of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution, the Desmond &…

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    CONDOLENCE MESSAGE FROM THE AHMED KATHRADA FOUNDATION TO THE FAMILY, COMRADES AND FRIENDS OF THE LATE Adv GEORGE BIZOS

    The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation is deeply saddened at the death on 9 September 2020 of Adv George Bizos. The Foundation would like to express its sincere condolences to the family, friends and comrades of Adv Bizos. The Foundation recalls the extremely close personal friendship between its founder, Ahmed Kathrada, and the late Adv Bizos. We…

  • Racism during a pandemic

    In the first three months of lockdown, the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation’s (AKF) racism reporting app, ZiRRA, received over 500 reports of racism from across South Africa. Victims and witnesses were linked up with various partners of this project, including the SAHRC, Lifeline, Mediate Works, and the legal body, People Against Racism. A report on this…

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    Support #OrangeMaskFridays

    Support #OrangeMaskFridays We, the undersigned organisations, call on the public to demonstrate their anger against Covid-19 corruption by donning an orange mask every Friday. The colour is symbolic of the orange overalls which Covid-19 looters should be wearing in prison. The #OrangeMaskFridays campaign forms part of a broad societal effort to stop C19 corruption. The…