03 April 2023 On Tuesday, 28 March 2023, the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation (AKF) commemorated the sixth anniversary of Ahmed “Kathy” Kathrada since his passing in 2017. The event took place at the Westpark Cemetery. Young people and prominent members of our society attended it. Speakers from different organisations, including AKF staff spoke about Kathy and…
By Neeshan Balton This weekend, we will be given the final chance to register to vote in the upcoming elections. It will 25 years since South Africans of all races were first given this opportunity. The palpable excitement of the day, 27 April 1994, and the oppressive years of legislated apartheid that preceded it,…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation is deeply disgusted at the reported attack on an African couple by six white males. A video surfaced on social media this week of the group of males attacking a man identified as Jacob Sono and his wife at a KFC drive-through based in Pretoria. This was after the couple…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation is deeply saddened to announce the passing on of ANC veteran Ahmed Kathrada (87) this morning, at the Donald Gordon Hospital in Johannesburg.
Struggle veteran Ahmed Kathrada’s funeral will take place on Wednesday, March 29 commencing at 10am at the Westpark Cemetery, Beyers Naude Drive, Johannesburg.
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation has noted the recent comments made by Velaphi Khumalo.
This is an overview of a seminar hosted by the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, Institute for the Advancement of Journalism as well as the Canadian Embassy in Auckland Park on June 21, 2016 on Racism in Post-Apartheid South Africa.
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation expresses its condolences to the family and friends of slain community activist, Shabir Manjoo.
On July 14 and 15, the Anti-Racism Network of South Africa (ARNSA) ran a steering group strategy meeting, a panel discussion and a film screening at the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation welcomes the Constitutional Court ruling in favour of the South African Revenue Service (SARS) against an employee who called his team leader a ‘kaffir’.