Ahmed Kathrada

A huge wall mural of images of Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Ahmed Kathrada and a host of other South African leaders has been unveiled at the Aryan Benevolent Home in the sprawling mainly Indian township of Chatsworth.

Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim, an Indian-origin anti-apartheid icon who spent years imprisoned on Robben Island alongside Nelson Mandela and Ahmed Kathrada, has died. He was 84, South Africa's ruling party African National Congress (ANC) has announced.

South Africa's Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, named after the veteran Indian-origin activist, has welcomed the action instituted by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) and national power utility Eskom against the three Gupta brothers and others to recover over USD 210 million.

Celebrated South African anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada, a Robben Island prisoner and one of Nelson Mandela's closest colleagues in the struggle against white rule, died early Tuesday aged 87.

Indian-origin South African freedom fighter Ahmed Kathrada has been awarded the Freedom of the City of Cape Town, becoming only the sixth such recipient in the country's oldest city.

Ahmed Kathrada, South Africa's Indian-origin freedom struggle veteran and confidante of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, has been knighted by the French government for his lifelong service to the community.

South Africa's first black president Nelson Mandela received a tearful state funeral at his childhood village of Qunu on Sunday.

Veteran Indian-origin anti- apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada, who spent 26 years in South African jails with Nelson Mandela.

President Barack Obama visited South Africa's Robben Island, where former South African President Nelson Mandela spent 18 years in a tiny cell as a political prisoner.

A huge wall mural of images of Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Ahmed Kathrada and a host of other South African leaders has been unveiled at the Aryan Benevolent Home in the sprawling mainly Indian township of Chatsworth.

Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim, an Indian-origin anti-apartheid icon who spent years imprisoned on Robben Island alongside Nelson Mandela and Ahmed Kathrada, has died. He was 84, South Africa's ruling party African National Congress (ANC) has announced.

South Africa's Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, named after the veteran Indian-origin activist, has welcomed the action instituted by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) and national power utility Eskom against the three Gupta brothers and others to recover over USD 210 million.

Celebrated South African anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada, a Robben Island prisoner and one of Nelson Mandela's closest colleagues in the struggle against white rule, died early Tuesday aged 87.

Indian-origin South African freedom fighter Ahmed Kathrada has been awarded the Freedom of the City of Cape Town, becoming only the sixth such recipient in the country's oldest city.

Ahmed Kathrada, South Africa's Indian-origin freedom struggle veteran and confidante of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, has been knighted by the French government for his lifelong service to the community.

South Africa's first black president Nelson Mandela received a tearful state funeral at his childhood village of Qunu on Sunday.

Veteran Indian-origin anti- apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada, who spent 26 years in South African jails with Nelson Mandela.

President Barack Obama visited South Africa's Robben Island, where former South African President Nelson Mandela spent 18 years in a tiny cell as a political prisoner.