S/AFRICA: Anti-apartheid veteran, Ahmed Kathrada dies at 87

Veteran South African anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada has died aged 87, his foundation says. It says Mr Kathrada passed away peacefully in a Johannesburg hospital “after a short period of illness, following surgery to the brain.”  Along with Nelson Mandela, Mr Kathrada was among eight African National Congress activists sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964. […]

Veteran South African anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada has died aged 87, his foundation says.
It says Mr Kathrada passed away peacefully in a Johannesburg hospital “after a short period of illness, following surgery to the brain.” 
Along with Nelson Mandela, Mr Kathrada was among eight African National Congress activists sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964.
They were convicted of trying to topple the white minority government. He is due to be buried today at a private ceremony, but President Jacob Zuma has said that flags should fly at half-mast in his honour and that public memorial service will also be held.
South Africa’s Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu described him as “a man of remarkable gentleness, modesty and steadfastness.”
France, in a statement, said it applauds his role in the establishment of a free and democratic South Africa, for which he was honoured with the rank of chevalier in the Legion of Honour in 2015.