‘With spring in the air, the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, on Sunday, September 1, 2019, hosted a tribute concert marking the 90th birthday of anti-apartheid struggle veteran Ahmed Kathrada. Kathrada was born on August 21, 1929, in Sweizer-Reneke before moving to Johannesburg where his political activism began at age 8. While he was alive, Kathrada would…
1. Introduction This submission has been prepared by a group of diverse South African civil society organisations, representing a broad range of citizens and interests. The names of the organisations are set out on the last page of this submission – it will be noted that political parties or organisations are not included in this…
I have been shocked, offended and pained by the events that have unfolded over the last weeks. Former President Zuma made an allegation in the Zondo Commission last month that comrades Siphiwe Nyanda and Ngoako Ramathlodi were apartheid spies. Early this month he made a statement on twitter that “I’m not surprised by @Julius_S_Malema revelations…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
SPEECH BY ISMAIL VADI DELIVERED AT THE SOLIDARITY MEETING WITH VICTIMS OF THE ATTACKS 25 March 2019 The twin attacks on 15 March 2019 by self-confessed white supremacist, Brenton Tarrant, on the Al-Noor Mosque and the Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand, in which 50 Muslims were killed and over 50 others injured is…
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…