One of the last survivors of the rebels who faced death with Nelson Mandela was a genial, gentle, soul with resolve of iron. This is the kind of gentle soul Kathrada was. He also told me how the underground activists of Liliesleaf used to sell the vegetables they used to grow. It was compensation for a prison sentence that robbed Kathrada of being able to raise a family. It was Kathrada who accompanied the then rising United States senator Barack Obama to Robben Island on his visit to South Africa.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 28, 2017 04:26 UTC