Memorial lecture held in the memory of Ashley Kriel

By Cindy Witten
30 July 2008

The Institute of justice and reconciliation together with the University of the Western Cape will this evening hold the annual Ashley Kriel memorial lecture.

Executive Director of the Institute for justice and reconciliation, Dr. Fanie Du Toit invites all those who are interested to attend the annual Ashley Kriel memorial lecture. It will be held at the University of the Western Cape at 7pm this evening.

“We hounour this young man Ashley Kriel who gave his life for a particular vision. That vision is one of a non-racial South Africa where everybody is equal, everybody has a place and where everybody has access to the basic resources to make a decent living. And we think that ideal is worth living for, it’s worth dying for, it’s the ideal for which we fought and for which Ashley fought,” said Dr. Du Toit.

Tonight, Allan Boesak, who launched the UDF 25 years ago, will be speaking and be reflecting on the past 25 years and how South Africa has travelled down the road to democracy.