Kathrada "showing significant signs of improvement"

Kathrada "showing significant signs of improvement"

The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation says doctors have seen significant improvement in the struggle stalwart's health. 

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The foundation's Director Neeshan Balton says Kathrada is still in a stable condition and "had a restful night". 

"He is slowly moving out of his state of sedation. There is still no sign when he will come out, but we are taking his recovery on a daily basis," says Balton. 

Kathrada (87) has now been in hospital for two weeks after he underwent an operation to remove a clot on his brain.

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Kathrada is one of three Rivonia Trialists still alive, with the other two being Andrew Mlangeni and Denis Goldberg. 

Along with Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki, Raymond Mhlaba and Elias Motsoaledi, they were sentenced in 1964 to life imprisonment on Robben Island during the infamous Rivonia Trial.


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