Kathrada Foundation
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A Foundation to deepen non-racialism. Continuing the legacy of anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada. (Retweets are not necessarily endorsements.)
Lenasia, South Africa
Joined October 2013
Johannesburg is facing a growing water crisis, it is time to take a stand. 💧 Join the Water Crisis Protest on Saturday, 1 November 2025, and add your voice to the call for clean, reliable water for all communities. 📍Read our letter to the City’s Mayor here:
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[STATEMENT] The University of Fort Hare is not just a campus; it is a cornerstone of our nation’s history and a beacon of integrity for future generations. We stand with all who are committed to protecting and rebuilding this vital institution. Read full statement:
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Join the #JoburgWaterCrisis Protest 🪧 📍Joburg Council Chambers 🕙 1 Nov | 10 AM It’s time to demand truth + accountability from those who failed our city. #RightToWater #WaterJustice #JoburgCAN @WaterCANsa @KathradaFound @ForDemocracySa
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Once again, the SAJBD renders its own existence moot — the louder it shouts, the less it is heard. And that’s a good thing.
[STATEMENT] The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation stands with the Nelson Mandela Foundation against the SAJBD’s baseless attack for hosting UN Rapporteur Francesca Albanese. Speaking up for Palestine is not anti-Semitism, it’s standing for justice and humanity. Read full statement:
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Defend Our Democracy has elected a new leadership core to serve on the movement’s National Committee. Chairperson: Rosalie Manning Deputy Chairpersons: Neeshan Balton & Hajira Magwaza Secretaries: Dikeledi Frans, Cynthia Stimpel & Nicole Fritz #DefendOurDemocracy
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@KathradaFound , that's a call that must be echoed across the world.
- @FranceskAlbs speaking at @NelsonMandela lecture calls for the release of all Palestinian hostages in Israeli jails, in particular Marwan Barghouthi. *Barghouthi is known as the 'Palestinian Mandela'. #MandelaLecture #NMAL2025
#FreeMarwanBarghouthi
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Learning and Discussing Real Issues here at the 23rd Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture with the amazing #FrancesaAlbanese 🇿🇦🌿❤️@NelsonMandela @UN
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- @FranceskAlbs speaking at @NelsonMandela lecture calls for the release of all Palestinian hostages in Israeli jails, in particular Marwan Barghouthi. *Barghouthi is known as the 'Palestinian Mandela'. #MandelaLecture #NMAL2025
#FreeMarwanBarghouthi
#FreeMarwanBarghouti
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Voting for the new #DefendOurDemocracy Steering Committee is now underway, an important step in shaping the movement’s next chapter. #DefendOurDemocracy
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#DefendOurDemocracy Director Naledi Kuali, shares a report on the movement’s campaigns and successes (2023–2025), showing steady, determined work to safeguard democracy in challenging times. This is work that requires collective support. @TheBlack_Star
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Balton notes an emerging theme: organise, conscientize, and mobilise, echoes of the activism of the 1980s that remind us what it takes to defend democracy today. #DefendOurDemocracy @Neeshanb1 @KathradaFound
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Joining us virtually, @LukhonaMnguni unpacks the dynamics of the GNU at both national and provincial levels, warning that we meet today with “a very vulnerable GNU.” #DemocracyOurDemocracy
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@hennievvuuren @OpenSecretsZA He reminds us: not being criminal isn’t the standard, integrity and reform are! Public institutions must hold the powerful to account. It’s a role, he says, that #DefendOurDemocracy can and should champion. @OpenSecretsZA
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Hennie van Vuuren, Director at @OpenSecretsZA, unpacks 3 critical issues: political party funding, corporate lobbying, and accountability. He reminds us that corruption is global, eroding institutions and democracy itself. “Who owns South Africa? Who controls it?” he asks.
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Really sobering observations today around the threats to Democracy in our beloved #SouthAfrica. {{Please log on to #youtube link}}. But, from my perspective, made even more so, by the assault on our individual and sovereign national democracies globally by the #broliSgarchy
I am sad to be leaving this extraordinary organization today. But have to focus on my PhD in AI and justice. Follow the proceedings #defendourdemocracy
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"What comes next?” Sithembile challenges us to think about the future of democracy. Institutions are only as strong as people’s belief in them, and that belief, she warns, is slowly fading. #DefendOurDemocracy @PARInstitute
The next panel includes Dr Sithembile Mbete, Hennie van Vuuren and Lukhona Mnguni, facilitated by Nicole Fritz. #DefendOurDemocracy
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Mbete raises the crises faced by western liberal democracy and the critical questions that South Africans need to ask about our democracy, including low voter turnout, especially amongst younger people. @PARInstitute
#DefendOurDemocracy
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The next panel includes Dr Sithembile Mbete, Hennie van Vuuren and Lukhona Mnguni, facilitated by Nicole Fritz. #DefendOurDemocracy
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In pictures: representatives from our affiliate organisations form the core of the today's participants at the Conference for Democratic Advancement and Growth. #DefendOurDemocracy
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Heywood says that democracy is not an end in itself but a means to an end ie justice, dignity, human rights etc.. #DefendOurDemocracy
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