S African anti-apartheid leader Ahmed Kathrada dies at 87
South African anti-apartheid leader Ahmed Kathrada on Tuesday passed away in Johannesburg at the age of 87 following a short illness. Kathrada spent 26 years in jail, many of them alongside former President Nelson Mandela for acts of sabotage against South Africa's white minority government. He was also one of the most senior leaders to criticise President Jacob Zuma's presidency.