Since its adoption in June 1955 by the Congress movement, the Freedom Charter has been the key political document that acted as a beacon and source of inspiration in the liberation struggle against ...

South Africa today is a nation under strain—tested by corruption, deepening inequality, and social decay. Yet, across the country, and particularly in Tongaat and along the North Coast, I have ...

I WRITE about the Freedom Charter as an activist and social commentator. My insights are largely based on my personal experiences with inequality, poverty and marginalisation. I find after 40 years of ...

Thirty years ago, the South African miracle came true. Millions voted in the country’s first democratic elections, seemingly delivering a death blow to apartheid. The African National Congress rose to ...

Yesterday was the 70th anniversary of the Freedom Charter, but many are disillusioned that its ideals are still just a dream: @Bongani_MKJ 70yrs of the Freedom Charter, 30yrs into democracy, yet land ...

ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa has maintained that his party, which failed to secure a majority government last year, used the Freedom Charter to implement progressive policies. He said over the past ...

Leaders of the African National Congress and 3,000 delegates meet to adopt the Freedom Charter in Kliptown, South Africa, 1955. (Drum Photographer © Bailey’s ...