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  • FILE: Struggle stalwart Ahmed Kathrada. Picture: Ahmed Kathrada Foundation.

    Ahmed Kathrada Foundation calls for Gupta probe

    The foundation urged public representatives who may have been approached by the Guptas to come forward.

    2259 days ago
  • Former president Nelson Mandela joins anti-apartheid veteran Ahmed Kathrada on the eve of his 80th birthday in Houghton, Johannesburg, on 20 August 2009. Picture: Nelson Mandela Foundation.

    Kathrada: It's up to SA to walk in Mandela's footsteps

    Yesterday, SA commemorated the 26th anniversary of Madiba’s release from jail.

    2295 days ago
  • A group photo of some of the participants who are attending the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation leadership camp. Picture: Ahmed Kathrada Foundation Facebook page.

    Robben Island hosts leadership camp

    The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation is hosting dozens of young people from across the country.

    2364 days ago
  • University of Johannesburg students demonstrating outside Kingsway campus on 22 October 2015. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN.

    Protesting Wits, UJ students march to Braamfontein, block roads

    #FeesMustFall protesters have arrived in Auckland Park and are occupying the bridge over Kingsway Road.

    2407 days ago
  • Ahmed Kathrada slices his birthday cake at SBSM School in Lenasia. Kathrada turns 86 today. Picture: Faizel Patel/EWN.

    Kathrada celebrates 86th birthday with children

    Ahmed Kathrada says the best present he could wish for is the well-being of children.

    2470 days ago
  • FILE: During a sitting of city council yesterday, councillors approved a proposal by Mayor Patricia de Lille to award him the Freedom of the City. Picture: EWN

    Suprise! Kathrada gets early birthday gift from CT

    The anti-apartheid stalwart received the ‘highest honour’ during a sitting of city council.

    2471 days ago
  • FILE: Anti-apartheid activist and close friend of former South African President Nelson Mandela, Ahmed Kathrada. Picture: AFP.

    Ahmed Kathrada wants to live on Robben Island

    The apartheid struggle stalwart says he is in talks with various officials about buying a house on the island.

    2477 days ago
  • The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation and a group of Johannesburg youths have collected donations for the informal settlement of Loli, near Lenasia. Picture: Ahmed Kathrada Foundation.

    SA’s youth at the centre of Madiba Day 2015

    A string of events will take place across the country to commemorate Nelson Mandela Day.

    2504 days ago
  • FILE: Former prison mates and struggle icons Ahmed Kathrada and Laloo Chiba. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Stalwarts urge SA to promote non-racialism

    Ahmed Kathrada and Laloo Chiba have urged South Africans to promote Mandela ideals of non-racialism.

    2661 days ago
  • Curro Private School in Roodeplaat. Picture: www.curro.co.za

    Curro School given week to address concerns

    One mother said not all parents were left satisfied after the meeting but there was progress.

    2672 days ago
  • SOUTH AFRICA, Pretoria : Eight men, among them anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela, sentenced to life imprisonment in the Rivonia trial leave the Palace of Justice in Pretoria 16 June 1964 with their fists raised in defiance through the barred windows of the prison car. The eight men were accused of conspiracy, sabotage and treason. Picture: AFP

    25 years since Rivonia trialists were freed

    On this day in 1989 five of the eight ANC prisoners were released after spending 26 years in prison.

    2779 days ago
  • Struggle stalwart Ahmed Kathrada has been praised as a selfless leader and an inspiration to South Africans. Picture: Masego Rahlaga/EWN.

    Ahmed Kathrada celebrates 85th birthday

    Ahmed Kathrada has been praised as a selfless leader and an inspiration to South Africans.

    2816 days ago
  • Struggle veteran Ahmed Kathrada. Picture: AFP.

    Kathrada 'excited' to address UN

    The struggle veteran will address the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva.

    2988 days ago
  • FILE: Former political prisoner and anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada sat down for a candid one-on-one interview with journalist Melanie Verwoerd. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    Ahmed Kathrada Foundation thanks SA for wishing stalwart a speedy recovery

    Kathrada has been in hospital for more than two weeks after he underwent surgery to remove blood clotting on his brain.

    2989 days ago
  • Ahmed Kathrada. Picture: EWN.

    Ahmed Kathrada to address UN

    The UN will host a panel discussion on racism on Human Rights Day.

    2989 days ago
  • FILE PHOTO: Former president Nelson Mandela joins anti-apartheid veteran Ahmed Kathrada on the eve of his 80th birthday in Houghton, Johannesburg on Thursday 20 August 2009. Picture: Nelson Mandela Foundation

    Ahmed Kathrada: Farewell my brother

    Ahmed Kathrada says goodbye to his friend and comrade Nelson Mandela.

    3092 days ago
  • FILE: Nelson Mandela with anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada. Picture: Sapa.

    50th anniversary of Rivonia Trial

    The commemoration took place at the Palace of Justice where the actual trial took place.

    3107 days ago
  • Family and friends pay tribute to victims of the 1985 Westdene bus crash.

    Westdene bus crash victims remembered

    Family and friends pay tribute to victims of the 1985 Westdene bus crash.

    3350 days ago
  • Former Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson. Picture: Supplied.

    Chaskalson gone too soon - Kathrada

    Anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada said Arthur Chaskalson’s brilliance will be sorely missed.

    3462 days ago
  • Minister in the Presidency Trevor Manuel attends a meeting with a group of musicians, actors and others in the entertainment industry at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on 17 November 2009. Picture: Werner Beukes/SAPA

    Manuel: Citizens too, need to show leadership

    Trevor Manuel says more South African citizens need to hold government to account.

    3511 days ago
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