Prayers for South African Struggle Veteran Following Surgery

87-year-old Ahmed Kathrada's condition has stabilised following surgery related to a blood clot on the brain, spokesperson Neeshen Balton has said. Kathrada is one of three Rivonia trialists still alive today who, along with Nelson Mandela, faced charges of conspiracy and sabotage laid by the apartheid state.

People write get well messages on a board for Ahmed Kathrada.

A meeting to pray for the recovery and good health of anti-apartheid hero Ahmed Kathrada was held at Lilliesleaf in Johannesburg.

Ahmed Kathrada, right, and Nelson Mandela. The two struggle stalwarts were sentenced to life imprisonment in June 1964 during the Rivonia Trial (file photo).

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