Ahmed M. Kathrada is a veteran of the South African liberation struggle and one of the famous Rivonia trialists, and was a long-serving political prisoner on Robben Island and Pollsmoor Maximum Prison, and ANC leader and member of parliament.

Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada OMSG (21 August 1929 – 28 March 2017), sometimes known by the nickname "Kathy", was a South African politician and anti-apartheid activist. Kathrada's involvement in the anti-apartheid activities of the African National Congress (ANC) led him to his long-term imprisonment following the Rivonia Trial , in which he was ...

Robben Island (Afrikaans: Robbeneiland) is an island in Table Bay, 6.9 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of the coast of Bloubergstrand, north of Cape Town, South Africa. It takes its name from the Dutch word for seals (robben), hence the Dutch/Afrikaans …

What follows are extensive video interviews with three leaders of the freedom struggle: Ahmed Kathada, Kgalema Motlanthe, and Tokyo Sexwale. Their words carry the history of the anti-apartheid...

Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada, né le 21 août 1929 à Schweizer-Reneke (province du Transvaal) en Afrique du Sud et mort le 28 mars 2017 à Johannesbourg [1], est un homme politique sud-africain, membre du Congrès national africain, membre du Parlement (1994-1999) et ancien militant anti-apartheid.

2024年10月3日 · Insider Tips for an Unforgettable Robben Island Visit Capturing the Perfect Photos. Best Spots for Panoramic Shots. The ferry’s upper deck provides excellent vantage points for photographing Table Mountain and Cape Town’s skyline. On the island, viewpoints near the lighthouse offer panoramic views of the Atlantic Ocean.

2013年6月30日 · Robben Island is located off the coast of South Africa, and from the 1960s through the 1990s, this Island housed a maximum security prison. Many of the prisoners there – including the guide for our visit, a man named Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada – were activists who worked to bring down Apartheid, the South African government’s policies that ...

2017年3月30日 · Ahmed Kathrada talks about Robben Island. Archive category Audio and Video. Published date 30/03/2017. Last updated 30/03/2017. Related Collections from the Archive Ahmed Kathrada talks about Robben Island ... Ahmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada ...

10 members of the African National Congress were convicted of treason and sent here to Robben Island to serve life sentences from 1962 to 1964. Ahmed Kathrada and Nelson Mandela were 2 of them. All of them were released over the span of a couple of years starting in late 1989.

Eventually eight of them, including Nelson Mandela, who was already serving a sentence, Walter Sisulu, Dennis Goldberg, Govan Mbeki, Raymond Mhlaba, Elias Motsoledi, Andrew Mangeni, and Ahmed Kathrada, were convicted of sabotage and, on June 12, 1964, sentenced to life in prison. Soon, these men became widely known as the ""Rivonia Trialists.""