Anti-apartheid struggle stalwart Ahmed Kathrada’s recovery from his operation has been “slower than hoped for”. Kathrada was hospitalised on March 4 for surgery related to blood clotting on the brain. The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation’s Director Neeshan Balton said that the 87 year old veteran had “experienced several health-related setbacks making[…]
President Jacob Zuma has extended well wishes to struggle veteran Ahmed Kathrada who is recovering in hospital after an operation to remove a blood clot on the brain. Zuma extends good wishes to 87-year-old Kathrada and urges South Africans to keep the struggle veteran in their thoughts. Kathrada was admitted[…]
ANC struggle veteran Ahmed Kathrada is in “high spirits” as he recovers after a surgery relating to blood clotting on the brain. The 87 year old human rights activist was admitted to a Johannesburg hospital on Saturday for dehydration, but doctors later picked up the clot, which has subsequently been[…]
On Saturday, the globe woke up to the news of the death of leader of the Cuban revolution, Fidel Castro. On our screens, we saw some mourning the charismatic leader who started his revolution with a small band of people in the Sierra Maestra Mountains, eventually leading to the overthrow[…]
ANC heavyweights including former president , veteran Ahmed Kathrada, tourism minister Derek Hanekom and former speaker, Max Sisulu will be present to lend their support to Pravin Gordhan when he appears in court on fraud charges in November. The National Prosecuting Authority has announced that is pursuing fraud charges against[…]
While anti-apartheid activist and philanthropist Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada remains humbled by his Freedom of the City Award, he believes other freedom fighters are far more worthy. The 86 year old struggle activist was conferred with the award by the City of Cape Town in a formal ceremony on Thursday at[…]
Struggle icon Ahmed Kathrada will officially receive the Freedom of the City Award at Cape Town’s City Hall on Thursday. Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille will be hosting the event. In an earlier statement to News24, De Lille said the award was the highest honour that council could bestow[…]
The City of Cape Town has awarded struggle icon Ahmed Kathrada the Freedom of the City. In a statement issued on behalf of Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille, it said the Freedom of the City was the highest honour that a council could bestow on “any person of distinction”.[…]
With no plans to slow down just yet, Ahmed Kathrada has made at least 300 trips to Robben Island since his release after he was incarcerated as a political prisoner for decades of his life. This past Saturday, in Cape Town, a new book was launched by the Ahmed Kathrada[…]
Struggle stalwarts Ahmed Kathrada and Laloo Chiba have called on South Africans on the 25th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison, to renew the fight against racism. Their statements follow an increasing number of reports of racial and xenophobic incidents, and public debate around matters relating to race over[…]
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