Ahmed Kathrada—one of South Africa’s iconic anti-apartheid activists and a close confidant of the late Nelson Mandela—died in Johannesburg Tuesday morning. He was 87 years old. Suggested Reading Maybe ...

New Delhi, Mar 28 (PTI) Congress leader Anand Sharma today condoled the demise of Ahmed Kathrada, South Africa’s Indian-origin anti-apartheid activist, stating that India has lost a true friend. “In ...

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Unlike many struggle veterans, Kathrada never held public political office after the fall of apartheid. Ahmed Kathrada was an anti-apartheid activist and close friend of former South African President ...

Kathrada was among those tried and jailed alongside Mandela in the 1964 Rivonia trial. Kathrada was among those tried and jailed alongside Mandela in the 1964 Rivonia trial, which drew worldwide ...

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada, who spent 26 years in jail – many of them alongside Nelson Mandela – for acts of sabotage against South Africa's previous white minority ...