Ahmed Kathrada died in a week described by the Save South Africa Campaign as a possible tipping point — President Jacob Zuma was planning his "final act of treachery" in the state capture project. On the day SA lost "a world leader, a man of morality, untarnished honesty, self-sacrifice and integrity", it became increasingly clear that Zuma intended to remove one of the few Cabinet ministers who "stood in the way of his attempts to get unfettered access to the people’s money", the organisation said. "It is widely speculated that Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will be removed from office and be replaced by a Gupta surrogate such as Brian Molefe. We call on all South Africans to honour ‘Uncle Kathy’ by standing up to defend the values and beliefs he pursued all his life." Kathrada’s determination to ensure SA developed into a non-racial democracy through the work of a government committed to liberating the poor, resulted in him speaking out about politicians using their positions to ...
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