IN PICTURES: Celebrating the life of Ahmed Kathrada

28 March 2017 - 10:39 By Times LIVE
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Former Robben Island prisoner and ANC veteran Ahmed Kathrada at Waterkloof Airbase before the body of the former first black president of democratic South Africa was flown from Waterkloof military Airbase to Qunu, Eastern Cape, the home of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela prior the funeral on December 14, 2013
Former Robben Island prisoner and ANC veteran Ahmed Kathrada at Waterkloof Airbase before the body of the former first black president of democratic South Africa was flown from Waterkloof military Airbase to Qunu, Eastern Cape, the home of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela prior the funeral on December 14, 2013
Image: Tsheko Kabasia. ©Sowetan / Sunday World.

Struggle veteran Ahmed Kathrada died early on Tuesday morning.

The 87-year-old Kathrada was admitted to a Johannesburg hospital on Saturday‚ March 4‚ initially for dehydration but doctors later picked up a clot on his brain‚ which was subsequently removed.

On March 15‚ the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation’s director Neeshan Balton disclosed his recovery from his operation had been “slower than hoped for”. He said “Uncle Kathy” had “experienced several health-related setbacks”.

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  • Read More: WATCH: 'You are now with the A-team of the ANC' – SA pays tribute to KathradaTributes have poured in for ANC stalwart Ahmed Kathrada‚ who died in the early hours of Tuesday.

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  • Read More:  Celebrities pay tribute to Ahmed KathradaCelebrities have joined the nation in paying tribute to struggle veteran Ahmed Kathrada who died during the early hours of Tuesday morning.  

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  • Read More: The life and times of struggle veteran Ahmed KathradaStruggle veteran Ahmed Kathrada died early on Tuesday morning‚ his foundation said. 

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