South Africa's Freedom Charter campaign holds lessons for the pursuit of a fairer society
CATEGORY: General
DATE: 29 June 2020
AUTHOR: The Conversation
DATE: 29 June 2020
AUTHOR: The Conversation
by Benjamin Roberts, Human Sciences Research Council
Chief Research Specialist: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES) research division, and Coordinator of the South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS), Human Sciences Research Council
The Freedom Charter, the document that became the blueprint for a free South Africa, turns 65 this year.
It was adopted by the Congress of the People in Kliptown, Soweto, on 26 June 1955. The meeting brought together several organisations and individuals allied to the liberation movement, the African National Congress (ANC).
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