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…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation (AKF) Youth Leadership Camp will commence this week at one of South Africa’s most historic sites, Robben Island. Forty young people from communities based in the south of Johannesburg will embark on the six-day camp, four of which will be spent on the Island itself. While the Kathrada Foundation…
Greetings, my name is Neeshan Balton. I serve as the executive director of the AKF. On request from the organisers of the conference the AKF agreed to communicate the holding of this conference to the organisations on its and FutureSA data base. While most were happy were to receive the invite a few questioned why…
“Uncle Kathy, as we knew him, was an ardent supporter of the Palestinian struggle and understood the importance of the historical, and current links between South Africans and Palestinians. Unlike Mandela, Uncle Kathy was no boxer. He did however, have an appreciation for sport and its ability to bring people together. This is what the…
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation will on August 30 take the leadership of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) for a tour of Robben Island. The tour will be conducted in accordance with the wishes of former Robben Island prisoner, Ahmed Kathrada, who passed away in March this year. It will also form part of the…
Good morning, Sanbonani, Nameste, Assalaam Aleikom, Vanekun, Goeie More Cde Programme Director, Members of the Kathrada Family, Distinguished Guests, Comrades and Friends, Ladies and Gentlemen. On the occasion of Comrades Kathy’s 88th birthday tomorrow, I feel enormously privileged and honoured to read out what he once said as chairperson of the Robben Island…
On the eve of what would have been Ahmed Kathrada’s 88th birthday, Derek Hanekom reflects on Kathrada’s remarkable ability to ‘draw people in’… In Ahmed Kathrada’s Memoirs, Edwin Markham is quoted: “He drew a circle to shut me out – heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But Love and I had the wit to win: we…
It is appropriate that we pause to pay tribute to Ahmed Kathrada on the celebration of Madiba’s Birthday. Apart from the many years as struggle comrades as well as the many years as fellow prisoners on Robben Island, Kathy & Madiba shared so much in common. They were people of integrity and selflessness on the…
Anti-apartheid struggle veteran Ahmed Kathrada’s condition remains unchanged. He is currently still in hospital in Johannesburg.