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The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation has proudly opened the doors to its newly relocated archives department at Signet Terrace Office Park in Johannesburg.
AS WE CELEBRATE Mandela Month, we are called to reflect not merely on historical remembrance but to embody Madiba’s enduring vision of a society rooted in Ubuntu - that profound African philosophy ...
Discover the remarkable legacy of Srinivasa Sastri, the unsung hero who championed educational empowerment for Indians in South Africa, shaping a community's destiny and inspiring future leaders.
Maharaj, a fellow Robben Island prisoner with Kathrada, offered deep insights into the complexities of activism, sacrifice, and principled leadership.
And, in October 2013, footage shows her in Mandela’s cell on South Africa's Robben Island, launching the international global campaign to "Free Marwan Barghouti and all political prisoners", led ...
Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim was a South African revolutionary of Indian descent who spent 15 years at the Robben Island prison alongside the legendary Nelson Mandela and Ahmed Kathrada, also an anti ...
Ahmed Kathrada, a prominent anti-apartheid activist, noted that this was "probably" the first South African school "with a multiracial staff".
Protecting institutions The Robben Island Museum’s current vulnerability is part of a bigger crisis facing institutions and the delivery of basic services in South Africa.
Ahmed Kathrada, who spent 26 years as a prisoner with Mandela at Robben Island “He went to school with bare feet and yet rose to the highest office in the land… ...
The "quiet revolutionary" and self-proclaimed "backroom boy" of the struggle against apartheid, Andrew Mlangeni, has died at the age of 95. He was the last of the Rivonia trialists. Mlangeni, Nelson ...
He was the only white man convicted in the Rivonia Trial, which landed Nelson Mandela in prison on Robben Island.