Deceased anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela’s close friend Ahmed Kathrada reflects on his time spent imprisoned together with Mandela, and his 300 trips with guests to Robben Island just off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa.
Copyright: Yazeed Kamaldien (2015)
This documentary film was made for The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR), based in Cape Town. Its focuses on the IJR’s Women’s Election Mechanism for Peace (WEMP) programme to “promote peaceful and inclusive elections in South Africa”.
The IJR states: “WEMP seeks to enhance women’s participation in both the electoral process and conflict prevention. WEMP also recognises that women are under-represented in leadership, especially in politics and its processes.
“Empowering women in communities to participate as monitors and advocates is an opportunity to be involved and a springboard to future leadership roles. WEMP has successfully trained 300 Peace Monitors with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). These monitors will be deployed across five provinces: Gauteng, Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Limpopo, and KwaZulu-Natal.”