INTERVIEW CONDUCTED WITH STRUGGLE GREAT, AHMED KATHRADA, A FEW DAYS AFTER HE WAS RELEASED FROM LIFE IMPRISONMENT IN OCTOBER 1989

By Subry Govender Only a few days after struggle great, Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada, was released from life imprisonment in October 1989, I had the privilege of interviewing him at the home of one of his family members in Lenasia, Johannesburg. He was released along with Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki, Andrew Mlangeni, Raymond Mahlaba, Elias Motsoledi, and Denis Goldberg. They were all sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island with Nelson Mandela in 1964 after they were found guilty of High Treason in the famous Rivonia Trial. I was working for the Press Trust of India (PTI) as a correspondent during this troubled times. I was asked to urgently talk to Kathrada because of his Indian roots. His parents had come down to South Africa from their village in the state of Gujerat in North India in the late 1920s. The interviews, listed below, have also been edited and broadcast on radio in three parts. 1). KATHRADA PART ONE INTERVIEW

2). KATHRADA PART TWO INTERVIEW

3. KATHRADA PART THREE INTERVIEW