ANDILE LUNGISA | Freedom Charter at 70: living manifesto of liberation and constitutional democracy
The Freedom Charter endures not only because it is morally powerful but because it remains painfully relevant
01 July 2025 - 04:30
Seventy years ago, on June 26 1955, a seismic and transformative moment in South African history unfolded in Kliptown. Under the watchful eyes of a brutal apartheid regime, thousands of people from all corners of the country — young and old, black and white, from every class, gender and region — gathered to give expression to their dream of a free, just and democratic South Africa. ..
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